History

Placanica is a village in the Ionian Reggio. The memory of its origins in an area that has been a crossroads of great civilizations and has known since the period Magna greek important acquaintances, for the almost total absence of documentary sources, seems to cling in the name remained until 1816 that refers to Placanica Motta period between the tenth and twelfth centuries, a time when the growing threat of the Saracen invasions and the continuing political turmoil, was developed near monasteries and monasteries scattered arrival on the Calabrian coast of Byzantine monks, one knitting forts of the 'motte' which clearly had a defensive function which is concentrated around the first rural communities. The first landowners were the Arcadians were followed, over the centuries, other noble families (Licandro, Musitano, walkways). Last, to the subversion of feudalism (1806) that of Clement. The more subversive of the feudal system, introduced at the administrative level a renewal also Placanica albeit painfully, produced a gradual modernization favored by 'removing' legal feudal survivals' so rooted in a predominantly agricultural community, but not, as backward placanichesi also helped with their commitment to write pages in the history of Italian unification. The last years of the century were marked by slow improvement of living conditions of Placanica without manifestations of strong social contrasts: what emerges is peering between the instruments stored in the city. Are, however, these are the years when Placanica begins to look like urban modern, even by redesigning the roads. On 10 November 1907 is one of the dates that remain long in the memory of the people of the time: the fury of the earthquake is once again hurl an area severely tested by poverty causing dozens of dead victims in the rubble. Today, the village still intact medieval structure with the baronial building up and the remains of fortified walls. Walking through the village on foot, among the narrow streets paved with stones polished by the time you can admire the ancient city gates, churches, guardians of treasures and noble palaces. Spiritual place of great attraction is the shrine of Our Lady of the rock, located in the village Santa Sunday.