Pizzo, Calabria
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Pizzo is a seaport and commune in the province of Vibo Valentia (Calabria, Italy), situated on a steep cliff overlooking the Gulf of Santa Eufemia.
Fishing is one of the main activities, including that of tunny and coral.
In 1783 the town was almost destroyed by an earthquake, and it suffered some damage from the same cause in 1905.
It has an old Castle, in which Joachim Murat, ex-king of Naples, was shot on October 13, 1815.
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