Isola di Capo Rizzuto is a comune in the province of Crotone, Calabria, Italy. The population of the town is around 15,000. Despite the name …Isola di Capo Rizzuto is a comune in the province of Crotone, Calabria, Italy. The population of the town is around 15,000. Despite the name Isola, the town is entirely on the mainland. There are several theories about the name, which may derive from Greek mythology or may be a corruption of a Greek word. Geographically the seaside district of the town of Capo Rizzuto is a peninsula. Elsewhere the main historical attraction, the powerful 16th-century fortification in the district of Le Castella, stands on a piece of land connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway.
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