Isola di Capo Rizzuto

The old castle and the beach in Le Castella, a small historic district in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, which serves as a popular destination for summer vacations

Isola di Capo Rizzuto is a town in the province of Crotone, Calabria, Italy. Despite the name Isola (island), the town is entirely on the mainland. There are several theories under which the name derives from Greek mythology or is a corruption of a Greek word. Geographically the seaside district of the town of Capo Rizzuto is a peninsula. Elsewhere the main historical attraction, the powerful 16th-century fortification in the district of Le Castella, stands on piece of land connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway.

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