Scalea
Scalea
Greek: Skála | |
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| Comune di Scalea | |
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Coat of arms | |
Scalea Location of Scalea in Italy Scalea Scalea (Calabria) | |
| Coordinates: 39°48′53″N 15°47′26″E / 39.81472°N 15.79056°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Calabria |
| Province | Cosenza (CS) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Giacomo Perrotta |
| Area | |
• Total | 22 km2 (8.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
• Total | 10,429 |
| • Density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Scaleoti |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 87029 |
| Dialing code | 0985 |
| Patron saint | Holy Virgin of Mount Carmel |
| Saint day | July 16 |
| Website | Official website |
Scalea is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.
The old city sits within a preserved set of ancient walls on the heights. The interior of the old city is an intricate maze of stairs, alleys, wide streets and plazas, support beams, and arches. One of the defining characteristics of the historic center is "suppuorti": wooden floors built above the alleyways, born out of the need for defensibility and for growth in dense limited space.
Since the 1960s, the beach at the base of the town was developed into a modern shopping and leisure center known as the Scalea Marina.