Cirò, Calabria

Cirò is a comune and town with a population of 3614 people in the province of Crotone, in Calabria, Italy.

There were Bronze Age settlements in the area and fossils have been found and are preserved for eventual exhibition in a museum to be established.

The town on the hill had its origins before 1000 AD but it was greatly expanded after the Saracens started raiding the sea coast.

Cirò (known earlier as Psicro) became an important regional center with a castle most of which was constructed between the years 1300 and 1500.

Ciro relies on the production of oil, wine, cereals, citruses and intense breeding of cattle.