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Soveria Mannelli
Soveria
Mannelli
is a
town
and
comune
in the
province of Catanzaro
, in the
Calabria
region
of
southern
Italy
.
The town
is
bordered
by
Bianchi
,
Carlopoli
,
Colosimi
,
Decollatura
,
Gimigliano
,
Pedivigliano
.
History
On
30 August
1860
, a
Sicilian
army
under General Ghio was
disbanded
in Soveria Mannelli. This, in
the course
of the
Expedition of the Thousand
, allowed
Giuseppe Garibaldi
to
capture
Naples
eight days later.
People
Rosario Rubbettino
,
publisher
, was
born
in
the town
.