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Comune di Ricadi
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Calabria
Province	Vibo Valentia (VV)
Mayor
Elevation	285 m
Area	22 km²
Population
- Total (as of 2004)	4,471
- Density	203/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	38°62′N, 15°86′E
Gentilic	Ricadesi
Dialing code	0963
Postal code	89866, 89865
Frazioni	Barbalàconi, Brivàdi, Capo Vaticano, Ciaramìti, Lampazòne, Orsigliàdi, Santa Domenica, Santa Maria, San Nicolò
Patron	St. Zachary
- Day	November 5
Website: ricadi.asmenet.it

Ricadi is a town and commune located within the Province of Vibo Valentia (license plate is VV), in Calabria the most southern region of the Italian peninsula, lies between the Ionian Sea to east and the Tyrrhenian Sea to west.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Boundaries 1.2 Winds 1.3 Main distances 1.4 Maps 2 History 3 Culture 3.1 Events 3.2 Festivities 4 Associations 5 Economy 6 External links

The municipality of Ricadi is located between the gulfs of Lamezia Terme (Province of Catanzaro) and Gioia Tauro (Province of Reggio Calabria). Cape Vatican is the place dividing the two gulfs. The Tyrrhenian sea touches Ricadi to the West (about 12 kilometres of coasts).

• Sirocco, a hot dry wind originating in the desert of Sahara (from South-East);
• Libeccio, very dangerous for shippers (from South-West);
• Mistral (Ponente), the predominant and quiet wind (from North-West).

City	Distance (km)
Tropea	10
Vibo Valentia	27
Gioia Tauro	40
Lamezia Terme	72
Messina	91
Catanzaro	97
Reggio Calabria	98
Cosenza	127
Crotone	166
Catania	187
Bari	398
Naples	436
Rome	646
Milan	1,193

Ricadi was populated by Greeks, Carthaginians, Byzantines, Saracens, Normans: they built and blasted road and defensive infrastructures (roads, bridges, towers defending coasts and rivers). Many archaeological discoveries are still visible; others are well protected into the National Museum of Reggio Calabria.

Ricadi was an ancillary town of Tropea until 1799, when its inhabitants obtained the independency, thanks to Championnet, a French general who conquered the Kingdom of Naples (in which Ricadi was formerly inserted).

Ricadi became a municipality of the district of Monteleone (now Vibo Valentia), belonging to Calabria Ulteriore, because of a rule set in 1811.

• Literary prize dedicated to Giuseppe Berto, a Venetian writer moved to Ricadi: every years in June.
• Cape Vatican sporting prize: every years in September.
• Festival of Red Onion: every years on 13th of August.
• Festival of ice cream: each summer, in July.

• Religious Festivities are solemnized in honor of Saint Zaccaria (the Patron Saint - 5 November); Saint Biagio (3 February), Saint Antonio from Padua (13 June); Saint Domenica (6 July); Virgin Mary of Graces (15 August).

• Giuseppe Berto's friends (the panel of judges for literary prize)
• "Noi di Ricadi" (people of Ricadi - editorial staff of Terra Nostra newspaper)

The main economic resources are:

• agriculture: a particular kind of gentle red onion is produced and commercialised within the whole territory, also known as “Cipolla Rossa di Tropea”, in addition to vegetables, citruses (oranges, lemons, bergamots) and ‘nduja, a particular sausage made from seasoned pork and red hot pepper;
• fishing: right-eyed flatfish, tunny, bass, dentex, sea bream, conger, mullet, moray, polypus;
• sea tourism: the most famous localities are Capo Vaticano (Cape Vatican) and Grotticelle (little grottoes).

• News on Ricadi (in Italian)