Its perfect natural location overlooking the sea and the strategic location of passage sea and land to all its territory, have made Tropea one of the oldest centers of the region. We know that already existed at the time of Imperial Rome as mentioned by Pliny the Elder and Wide road, but its origins are still unknown.
Visitors looking to buy, sell or rent timeshare resales will enjoy the name most likely (from the greek Trope = lap winding), refers to the vast terrace which is roughly upon which it stands, other assumptions lead him to the worship of Zeus Tropaios since God was honored after his victories with the performance of a dump (trophy) and this often became the name of the site where it was erected. Still others refer to a particular game flows marine, impetuous, made ??navigation difficult, especially towards the south: they were the tropos that, for linguistic evolution, become tropee and then again TRUPIA, a term still used in local parlance sailor to talk about a violence of air and sea. seems also that Tropea was a title given to the goddess Juno, as the nurse of Hercules, the legendary founder of the primitive community "Portercole", located a few kilometers from the actual site. These and other assumptions (such as such as less reliable) that, unfortunately, do not give certainty to those who, confident, arises constantly in search of the precise origins of the city. The legend of Hercules, however, makes it even more magic to our eyes because the beauty of the place and its aura of mystery Tropea us to imagine how small abode of the Gods.
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