Diamante
Diamante, the city of murals and chilli peppers
Food and wine
Regione Calabria
Art, gastronomy and beaches? Diamante, the "City of Murals and Chilli Pepper" in the province of Cosenza, along the splendid Riviera dei Cedri, is the seaside resort that best combines these three elements.
The reason is simple: Diamante, a Blue Flag seaside resort in Calabria, is among the coastal towns that boasts one of the first historic centres to be enlivened by murals (over 200, starting in the 1980s). As is well known, Diamante is also the capital of the Calabrian chilli pepper, to which the much-awaited Peperoncino Festival is dedicated every year, as well as being the headquarters of the Italian Chilli Pepper Academy.
The most beautiful beaches? Diamante boasts on its coastline the presence of the second largest island in Calabria: the Island of Cirella, a small natural paradise characterised by wild flora and fauna, with some of the most evocative beaches on the Riviera.
On the mainland, on the other hand, the hamlet of the same name offers the ancient beauty of the Ruins of Cirella (ancient Cirellae), in whose theatre (Teatro dei Ruderi) important summer festivals are held every year.
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