page_title: Stilo
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Stilo / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The Cattolica di Stilo is a Byzantine church in the comune of Stilo, Calabria, southern Italy. It is a national monument. Polski: Cattolica di Stilo. X-wieczny bizantyjski kościół w Stilo.(Kalabria/Włochy).
context_page_description: Stilo is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Calabria, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is 151 kilometres from Reggio.
  The town is inscribed into I Borghi più belli d'Italia list.
  The economy of the commune is mainly based on agriculture, with production of cereals, oil, wine and cheese. There are mines of iron and lead.
  At 10 kilometres from the city is the promontory of Cape Stilo, near where in July 1940 the Battle of Punta Stilo was fought by the Italian and British navies.
context_section_description: The origins of Stilo are connected to the destruction of the ancient Greek colony of Caulonia by Dionysius II of Syracuse, followed by another by the Campanians (allies of the Romans) in 277 BC.
caption: The Cattolica of Stilo, a Byzantine-style church from the 9th century.
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