Fagnano Castello
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Fagnano Castello is a town and comune
in the province of Cosenza
in the Calabria
region of southern Italy
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Fagnano Castello is located in the mountains of Calabria, about an hour north of Cosenza.
The town's big annual festival is the Sagra Della Castagne (Festival of Chestnuts), celebrating the annual chestnut harvest around the last week of October with live music, free roasted chestnuts in the village square, and homemade desserts of every kind imaginable, made out of chestnuts.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
in the province of Cosenza
Province of Cosenza
The Province of Cosenza is a province in the Calabria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Cosenza.It has an area of 6,650 km², and a total population of 733,797 . It is the biggest Calabrian Province...
in the Calabria
Calabria
Calabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro....
region of southern Italy
Italy
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Fagnano Castello is located in the mountains of Calabria, about an hour north of Cosenza.
The town's big annual festival is the Sagra Della Castagne (Festival of Chestnuts), celebrating the annual chestnut harvest around the last week of October with live music, free roasted chestnuts in the village square, and homemade desserts of every kind imaginable, made out of chestnuts.