Corigliano-Rossano
Corigliano-Rossano is a "comune" in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It was established on 31 March 2018 by the merger of Corigliano Calabro and Rossano. Etymology. According to some interpretations, the toponym Corigliano derives from Latin "Corellianum", meaning "Corellio farm"; according to other hypotheses, the name could be traced back to that of other toponyms of Southern Italy such as Corigliano d'Otranto, and therefore from the Byzantine Greek term "χωρίον" (transliterated "choríon"), respectively to the etymologically related term "χώρα" ("chóra"), with the meaning of "village", "town", "farm", "land" or "place", or  oil village, from Greek "choríon elàion". The toponym Rossano, on the other hand, derives from Greek "rusion", ρύσιον ("who saves") and "akron", άκρον ("promontory", "height") from which the medieval versions "Ruskia" or "Ruskiané" (Ρουσκιανή) or "Rusiànon" (Ῥυσινάνάν in Byzantine Greek Greek); according to another hypothesis instead it derives from the Roman family name to which the government of the "Castrum" could have been entrusted and which would have given the name of "Roscianum" to the urban center. History. Following a referendum held on 22 October 2017, in which the yes to the merger got 61.4% to Corigliano Calabro and 94.1 % to Rossano, the Regional Council of Calabria subsequently approved the regional law no. 2 on 2 February 2018, which established the new municipality of Corigliano-Rossano on 31 March. Geography. Corigliano-Rossano covers an area of about 346.56 km², is located in the eastern strip of the Sibari plain between the Sila and the Ionian coast. The territory includes soils of different geological origins, with different characteristics (rocks, clays, sands), which correspond to different types of flora. From the landscape point of view, tree farmings dominate (olive groves, citrus groves and orchards). In areas close to the coast there are  also pine forests. There are two monumental oak trees in the area (one English oak and one Quercus virgiliana).