 siderno () is a town and comune located in calabria, italy about 3 kilometres from locri. siderno marina is the newer town located on the ionian coast. it is popular with both italian and foreign tourists and has a bathing beach. siderno superiore is the old town, higher up on the flank of the coastal mountain range. it has historic palaces, old buildings and very narrow streets. it has now become a ghost town because most of the old population has moved to the more modern siderno which is the new city and offers more job opportunities and services. ==history== the early history of the town is unknown. the old town in the hilly inland was probably founded in the 10th century by some people from locri, who had fled to the area to defend themselves from saracen incursions; in the following century it became a hamlet of the county of grotteria and was home to various feudal lords. siderno marina was built along the coast after the 1783 earthquake.siderno (retrieved january 22, 2010) ===emigration=== large-scale emigration abroad as well as to northern italy, which began to diminish only in the 1970s, has had a lasting effect on the demographic situation in the region. emigrants from siderno emigrated to the united states, canada and australiamaria pisconeri (nÃ©e panetta), italian lives in western australiagiovanni lagana & maria larosa, lagana family gen
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