Capo Vaticano is a wide bathing place in the Municipality of Ricadi

Ricadi

Ricadi is a small rural town, as well as a municipality, located along the Tyrrhenian coast, in the province of Vibo Valentia), in the Italian region of Calabria.-Boundaries:...

 in Calabria

Calabria

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, Italy

Italy

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. The 'Cape' is formed by a particular white-gray granite, which is examined worldwide for its geologic characteristics.

Geography

The maximum altitude of the cape is about 124 meters.

The coast of Capo Vaticano starts from the Tono bay of ends in Virgin Mary bay. The most suggestive bay near the Cape is Grotticelle, which divided into beaches.

History

The famous Venetian writer Giuseppe Berto made Capo Vaticano his home, after travelling throughout the Italy. "Capo Vaticano", he wrote, "is called Vatican as a Roman hill: once priests and fortune tellers searched for the future basing their predictions on birds' flights. 200 meters over the Cape there is a rock called Mantineo and in ancient Greek it means: to communicate with God. The Cape was a holy place and now it is the same".

Economy

Capo Vaticano is considered as having the ideal climate for growing Red onions from Tropea.