Reggio
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Reggio is the name of two Italian towns:
Reggio is also a surname:
Reggio is also a short form of the Reggio Emilia Approach
, an approach to primary school education that was developed in the town of Reggio Emilia post-WWII.
- Reggio CalabriaReggio CalabriaReggio di Calabria , commonly known as Reggio Calabria or Reggio, is the biggest city and the most populated comune of Calabria, southern Italy, and is the capital of the Province of Reggio Calabria and seat of the Council of Calabrian government.Reggio is located on the "toe" of the Italian...
, in the South, also called Reggio di Calabria or, in ancient times, Pallantion, Rhegion, Febea, Regium, Rhegium Julium, Risa, Rivah - Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaReggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
, in the NorthNorthern ItalyNorthern Italy is a wide cultural, historical and geographical definition, without any administrative usage, used to indicate the northern part of the Italian state, also referred as Settentrione or Alta Italia...
, also called Reggio nell' Emilia or, in ancient times, Regium Lepidi, Reggio di Lombardia or Reggio di Modena
Reggio is also a surname:
- Arturo ReggioArturo ReggioArturo Reggio was an Italian chess master.He started playing chess as an engineering student at the Graz University of Technology and at the Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute of Vienna, both in Austria...
, Italian chess player - Godfrey ReggioGodfrey ReggioGodfrey Reggio is an American director of experimental documentary films.-Life:Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Reggio co-founded La Clinica de la Gente, a facility that provided medical care to 12,000 community members in Santa Fe, and La Gente, a community-organizing project in...
(born March 29, 1940), an American director of experimental documentary films - Isaac Samuel ReggioIsaac Samuel ReggioIsaac Samuel Reggio was an Austro-Italian scholar and rabbi born at Gorizia. Reggio studied Hebrew and rabbinics under his father, Abraham Vita, later rabbi of Gorizia, acquiring at the same time in the gymnasium a knowledge of secular science and languages...
, (August 15, 1784 – August 29, 1855) Austro-Italian scholar and rabbi
Reggio is also a short form of the Reggio Emilia Approach
Reggio Emilia approach
The Reggio Emilia Approach is an educational philosophy focused on preschool and primary education. It was started by Loris Malaguzzi and the parents of the villages around Reggio Emilia in Italy after World War II. The destruction from the war, parents believed, necessitated a new, quick approach...
, an approach to primary school education that was developed in the town of Reggio Emilia post-WWII.