Petrace
The Petrace is a river in the Calabria region of Italy. It flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea at Gioia Tauro. It was known as the Metaurus in Latin. Its main stream length is over 40 kilometres, and it has a drainage basin of 407 square kilometres.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Italy
- Also known as: “Fiume Petrace” and “Petrace River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gioia Tauro railway station and Tempio di San Fantino.
Gioia Tauro railway station
Railway station
Gioia Tauro is a railway station owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana located in the municipality of Gioia Tauro. It is located on the Salerno–Reggio Calabria railway line. Gioia Tauro railway station is situated 3 km east of Petrace.
Tempio di San Fantino
Museum
Photo: Palminellafede, Public domain.
Tempio di San Fantino is a museum, which is situated 2½ km south of Petrace.
Port of Taureana
Marina
Photo: Karlos80, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Port of Taureana is a marina, which is situated 3 km south of Petrace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gioia Tauro and Taureana di Palmi.
Gioia Tauro
Town
Photo: GraphyArchy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gioia Tauro is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, on the Tyrrhenian coast. It has an important port, situated along the route connecting Suez to Gibraltar, one of the busiest maritime corridors in the world. Gioia Tauro is situated 3 km east of Petrace.
Taureana di Palmi
Village
Photo: Karlos80, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Taureana di Palmi is a village, which is situated 3 km south of Petrace.
Palmi
Town
Photo: Nikater, Public domain.
Palmi is a comune of about 19,303 inhabitants in the province of Reggio Calabria in Calabria. It is seat of the district, which includes 33 municipalities in the plain of Gioia Tauro, with a population of approximately 170,000 inhabitants. Palmi is situated 7 km south of Petrace.
Petrace
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Calabria, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Petrace” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Petrace”
- Hungarian: “Petrace”
- Italian: “Fiume Metauros”
- Italian: “Petrace”
- Persian: “پتریس (رود)”
- Persian: “پتریس”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Petrace”
- Venetian: “Fiume Petrace”
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Localities in the Area
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