Capo Vaticano
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Capo Vaticano is a wide bathing place of the Municipality of Ricadi in Calabria, Italy. The Cape is formed by a particular granite, white-gray, which is worldwide examined for its geologic features. The maximum height is about 124 meters.
The coast of Capo Vaticano starts from the bay of Tono and it ends in the bay of Virgin Mary. The most suggestive bay is Grotticelle, divided in 3 next beaches.
The famous Venetian poet, Giuseppe Berto, after turning the whole Italian peninsula decided to live here, writing some of his books. "Capo Vaticano", he wrote, "is called Vatican as a Roman hill: once priests and fortune tellers searched for the future basing their predictions on birds flights. 200 meters over the Cape there is a rock called Mantineo and in ancient Greek it means: to communicate with God. The Cape was a holy place and now it is the same".
Capo Vaticano is known as the best place in which the gentle red onion is cultivated, thanks to the reach nourishments enclosed in the earth.
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