Rossano — Cattedrale del Codex
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Rossano — Cattedrale del Codex

Calabria

Rossano's cathedral treasury holds the Codex Purpureus Rossanensis, a 6th-century illuminated gospel manuscript and UNESCO Memory of the World listing, while the town's old liquorice-processing history is preserved in a small museum run by the Amarelli family. The old-town lanes climbing to the cathedral are stepped and largely shaded.

Duration
1–2 hours
Distance
3 km
Elevation
+100 m
Best season
Year-round

Parking · Free

Free parking below the old town of Rossano.

Water

Fountain in the old town.

Highlights

  • 6th-century illuminated gospel manuscript
  • Historic liquorice-processing tradition
  • Stepped, shaded old-town lanes

With your dog

Leashed dogs welcome on the old-town lanes.

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