Morano Calabro is a town and comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

in the province of Cosenza

Cosenza

Cosenza is a city in southern Italy, located at the confluence of two historic rivers: the Busento and the Crathis. The municipal population is of around 70,000; the urban area, however, counts over 260,000 inhabitants...

 in the Calabria

Calabria

Calabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro....

 region of southern Italy

Italy

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Geography

The municipality borders with Castrovillari

Castrovillari

Castrovillari is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. As of 2010 its population was of 22,586..-History:...

 (the nearest town), Mormanno

Mormanno

Mormanno is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is located in the heart of the National Park of Pollino, near the course of the Lao River....

, Rotonda, San Basile

San Basile

San Basile is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.-Overview:Language/s: Italian and Albanian....

, Saracena

Saracena

Saracena is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The town is bordered by Altomonte, Castrovillari, Firmo, Lungro, Morano Calabro, Mormanno, Orsomarso and San Basile. The town's patron is San Leone di Catania, who is celebrated twice a year, once in...

, Terranova di Pollino

Terranova di Pollino

Terranova di Pollino is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata....

 and Viggianello

Viggianello

Viggianello is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It has a population of 3,489....

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Campotenese

Its frazione

Frazione

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(civil parish), the village of Campotenese, is located on a mountain pass at 1,015 amsl

Above mean sea level

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. Nowadays a touristic place, it is famous for a battle (1806)

Battle of Campo Tenese

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 between the First French Empire

First French Empire

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 and the Kingdom of Naples

Kingdom of Naples

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