Attractions and Places To See around Motta San Giovanni - Top 20

The Cathedral of Reggio Calabria (known as Duomo di Maria Santissima Assunta in Cielo) is the largest sacred building in Calabria. Style: Eclectic in Neo-Romanesque style with Gothic influences, rebuilt after the 1908 earthquake. Attendance: The peak attendance time is Sunday morning for religious services. Interiors: It houses the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, the most important Baroque monument in the archdiocese.

The statues by Rabarama in Reggio Calabria are three imposing humanoid sculptures in bronze and painted aluminum, located in the gardens of the Lungomare Italo Falcomatà, near Villa Genoese Zerbi. The works were created by the Roman artist Paola Epifani (aka Rabarama) and purchased by the Municipality in 2007 following the great success of her solo exhibition "Identità". Each sculpture represents a monumental human figure, without a direct gaze, whose skin is entirely covered in colorful geometric and symbolic patterns that reflect the complex inner world of man.

The artist's sculptures can be found in many cities in Europe and around the world - for example in Venice, Shanghai, Cannes, Florence, Miami, or Singapore. They are often exhibited in squares or galleries as monumental figures.

The bodies of Rabaram’s sculptures are covered with motifs resembling puzzles, DNA spirals, writing, tattoos or mathematical symbols – suggesting that humans are complex beings embedded in a larger biological, genetic and cultural order.

The sculpture is located on the lungomare in front of the elegant, historic Villa Genoese Zerbi in Reggio Calabria, which creates an interesting juxtaposition: a modern form contrasting with the neo-Gothic building.

It is a sculpture by Rabarama (Paola Epifani), an Italian artist known for her characteristic sculptures of human figures covered with mosaic patterns resembling puzzles, symbols or geometric forms.

Impressive building, unfortunately we were not able to visit the inside.

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II is the real name of the square, but all the inhabitants of Reggio know it better as Piazza Italia, because in the center there stands a monument to Italy that has shaped its popular name for 140 years. It is the most important square in Reggio Calabria, the political-administrative heart of the Reggio region. It has a square plan, with the south-eastern side opening onto Corso Garibaldi and overlooked by the most important institutional buildings. In ancient times it was also known as Tocco piccolo. Almost all the buildings that stand in the square house an administration and/or an institution of the city. On the orthogonal lines there are in particular: Palazzo San Giorgio, seat of the Town Hall, Palazzo del Governo, seat of the Prefecture, Palazzo Corrado Alvaro, seat of the Metropolitan City, the Teatro Francesco Cilea and the Palazzo del Banco di Napoli. Source: https://turismo.reggiocal.it/cultura/le-piazze/piazza-italia