Motta Santa Lucia

Motta Santa Lucia is a municipality with 878 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012) in the Italian province of Catanzaro, region Calabria.

The territory of the municipality lies at an altitude of 590 m above sea level and covers an area of 25 km ². The neighboring municipalities are Altilia ( CS), Conflenti, Decollatura, Martirano, Pedivigliano (CS). The districts are Casale, Marignano and Porchia. Motta Santa Lucia is located 58 km north- west of Catanzaro.

In the year 556 BC, the city was founded as a colony of Martirano. To 950 the town was destroyed by the Saracens.

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