San Marco Argentano
San Marco Argentano is a southern Italian town with a bishopric in Calabria, Cosenza province, situated on the state road 283/533 between Guardia Piemontese and Mandria Luci. The town has 7458 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012).
( † 1085 * 1015 ), the strategically located San Marco Argentano as a seat for himself and his 60 -strong force and had built a solid stone tower in 1050 chose the Duke of Apulia and Calabria and Norman ruler Robert Guiscard.
At the age of 15 years was brought in 1431 the Saint Francis of Paola in the convent of San Marco Argentano, in its magnificent church he took his vows. In the cathedral there is the silver processional cross, a creation of the silversmith master Giovanni di Longobucco.
It is known San Marco Argentano today primarily as a manufacturing site of the Butirro, a cheese that is made from milk of cows that have calved a year ago, won. It is similar to Burrini from Puglia.