{"id":438,"date":"2026-07-14T08:33:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/?page_id=438"},"modified":"2026-07-24T11:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:29:07","slug":"home-english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/?page_id=438&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"min-height:75vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><video class=\"wp-block-cover__video-background intrinsic-ignore\" autoplay muted loop playsinline src=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Intro-Scopri-Squillace.mp4\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"><\/video><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim has-background-gradient has-black-gradient-background\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f9fcf wp-block-group-is-layout-flex wp-container-1 is-position-sticky\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-1\"><strong>Discover<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\">Squillace<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><strong>A jewel of the Mediterranean, blending history, art, and breathtaking views.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center alignwide has-base-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Squillace is a centuries-old village where ancient cultures, refined art, and unique traditions intertwine. <br>It is a place to be experienced at a leisurely pace, allowing oneself to be enveloped by the charm of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The Main Attractions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-border-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-top-left-radius:20px;border-top-right-radius:20px;border-bottom-left-radius:20px;border-bottom-right-radius:20px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/?page_id=574&amp;lang=en\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tavola-da-disegno-1-copiaCopertinesqu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-light-gray-border-color wp-image-102\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:20px;border-top-right-radius:20px;border-bottom-left-radius:20px;border-bottom-right-radius:20px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tavola-da-disegno-1-copiaCopertinesqu.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tavola-da-disegno-1-copiaCopertinesqu-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);font-size:0.7rem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/?page_id=574&amp;lang=en\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"574\">Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-border-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-top-left-radius:20px;border-top-right-radius:20px;border-bottom-left-radius:20px;border-bottom-right-radius:20px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Cathedral.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-light-gray-border-color wp-image-541\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:20px;border-top-right-radius:20px;border-bottom-left-radius:20px;border-bottom-right-radius:20px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Cathedral.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Cathedral-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);font-size:0.7rem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/?page_id=448&amp;lang=en\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"448\">Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-border-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-top-left-radius:20px;border-top-right-radius:20px;border-bottom-left-radius:20px;border-bottom-right-radius:20px\">\n<figure 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href=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/?page_id=452&amp;lang=en\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"452\">Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-border-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-top-left-radius:20px;border-top-right-radius:20px;border-bottom-left-radius:20px;border-bottom-right-radius:20px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Ceramic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-light-gray-border-color wp-image-542\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:20px;border-top-right-radius:20px;border-bottom-left-radius:20px;border-bottom-right-radius:20px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Ceramic.jpg 432w, 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saint of the city of Squillace (CZ) and co-patron of the Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace. A Roman centurion and martyr beheaded in 304 AD, his relics miraculously arrived on the beach of Squillace between the 7th and 9th centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-x-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/?page_id=521&amp;lang=en\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"521\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide sma-column-reverse is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:1px;border-top-right-radius:1px;border-bottom-left-radius:1px;border-bottom-right-radius:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Lady of Mount Carmel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The month of July &#8211; specifically the 16th- is dedicated to the veneration and feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, as established in 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII, who introduced the celebration of the Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel throughout the Church. In Squillace, historical documents and popular tradition point to a major festival and deep devotion among the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-x-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/?page_id=504&amp;lang=en\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"504\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:30px;border-top-right-radius:30px;border-bottom-left-radius:30px;border-bottom-right-radius:30px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-266 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/MadonnadelCarmelo.jpg\" style=\"object-position:71% 33%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"71% 33%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/MadonnadelCarmelo.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/MadonnadelCarmelo-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#737a90\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:1px;border-top-right-radius:1px;border-bottom-left-radius:1px;border-bottom-right-radius:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:30px;border-top-right-radius:30px;border-bottom-left-radius:30px;border-bottom-right-radius:30px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1376\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-693 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/CopertinaCarnevale.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/CopertinaCarnevale.png 1376w, https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/CopertinaCarnevale-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/CopertinaCarnevale-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/CopertinaCarnevale-768x429.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1376px) 100vw, 1376px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#6d6256\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carnival<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It is one of the most cherished festivals in the local tradition. Celebrations in the historic Calabrian village combine parades and masks with the showcasing of the area&#8217;s traditional products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The dates and manner of the celebrations vary each year according to the liturgical calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Route:<\/strong> The events usually unfold along the streets of the historic center of Squillace Antica (at approximately 344 m above sea level) and the surrounding area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Main parades:<\/strong> These generally take place during the Carnival weekend, involving the entire community and featuring the participation of masked groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-x-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoprisquillace.it\/?page_id=444&amp;lang=en\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"444\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Squillace is a centuries-old village where ancient cultures, refined art, and unique traditions intertwine. 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