Amendolara

Amendolara is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.

It has a population of approximately 3,100 people (the Amendolaresi). Its territory covers 64 km² and it is 100 km from the provincial capital of Cosenza.

The city is at an altitude of 200 meters above sea level and overlooks the Ionian Sea.

Mario Melfi was the mayor of the city from 2001 to 16 May 2011. The new mayor elected is Antonello Ciminelli.

History

The name probably derives from the Latin amygdalaria (mandorlai), due to the area's high production of almonds. Based on archaeological sites in the area, it is believed that the territory was already inhabited in the Neolithic period (6000-4000 BC) and that the human presence became stable in the Protostorica Age (3500-8000 BC), when a community settled in the area of today's Old District (Rione Vecchio).

With the foundation of Sybaris by the Achaeans, the population that inhabited the protostorico area of the Old District in the seventh century. BC moved to the brilliant and wide area of San Nicola. In this place was built a new city, called Lagaria.