The 2 km long beach is the main attraction for tourists. It is sandy at its northern end but increasingly pebbly moving southwards. During the summer months, the beach is divided into about 50 lidos, although intermittently there are unprotected slivers of beach open to the public at no cost.
At the southern end of the town, about 100 m from shore sits a rock outcrop called Dino Island which features a number of large sea caves, accessible by small craft and paddle boats. At the most southerly extremity of the beach, a medieval tower, built by Byzantine forces to guard the coast, sits on an outcropping of volcanic rock with a commanding view of the sea approaches to Praia a Mare.
About 50 meters up the slopes of a mountain that rises precipitously above the town is another large cave complex, also carved by wave action several million years ago, inside of which is a completely built church of Madonna della Grotta, and an open air sanctuary. Both the church and sanctuary are both in use today. Other sights include the Rocca (14th century), built by the Normans, and the 16th century Fortino ("Small Fort").
Near the sanctuary is the site of an archaeological excavations: findings include bones of a prehistoric shark.
ReferencesEdit
^"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
praia, mare, italian, ˈpraːja, mˈmaːre, town, comune, province, cosenza, calabria, region, italy, beach, resort, tyrrhenian, comunecomune, coat, armslocation, location, italyshow, italy, calabria, show, calabriacoordinates, 767countryitalyregioncalabriaprovinc. Praia a Mare Italian ˈpraːja a mˈmaːre is a town and comune of the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of Italy It is a beach resort on the Tyrrhenian Sea Praia a MareComuneComune di Praia a MareCoat of armsLocation of Praia a MarePraia a MareLocation of Praia a Mare in ItalyShow map of ItalyPraia a MarePraia a Mare Calabria Show map of CalabriaCoordinates 39 55 N 15 46 E 39 917 N 15 767 E 39 917 15 767CountryItalyRegionCalabriaProvinceCosenza CS FrazioniFiuzzi Foresta LaccataGovernment MayorAntonino de LorenzoArea 1 Total23 59 km2 9 11 sq mi Elevation5 m 16 ft Population 31 May 2010 2 3 Total6 805 Density290 km2 750 sq mi DemonymPraiesiTime zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST Postal code87028Dialing code0985Patron saintMadonna of the GrottoSaint day15 AugustWebsiteOfficial websiteGeography EditThe 2 km long beach is the main attraction for tourists It is sandy at its northern end but increasingly pebbly moving southwards During the summer months the beach is divided into about 50 lidos although intermittently there are unprotected slivers of beach open to the public at no cost At the southern end of the town about 100 m from shore sits a rock outcrop called Dino Island which features a number of large sea caves accessible by small craft and paddle boats At the most southerly extremity of the beach a medieval tower built by Byzantine forces to guard the coast sits on an outcropping of volcanic rock with a commanding view of the sea approaches to Praia a Mare About 50 meters up the slopes of a mountain that rises precipitously above the town is another large cave complex also carved by wave action several million years ago inside of which is a completely built church of Madonna della Grotta and an open air sanctuary Both the church and sanctuary are both in use today Other sights include the Rocca 14th century built by the Normans and the 16th century Fortino Small Fort Near the sanctuary is the site of an archaeological excavations findings include bones of a prehistoric shark References Edit Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011 Italian National Institute of Statistics Retrieved 16 March 2019 Data from Istat Popolazione Residente al 1 Gennaio 2018 Italian National Institute of Statistics Retrieved 16 March 2019 nbsp This Calabrian location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Praia a Mare amp oldid 1166646942, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
