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The product: Monte Poro ewe's cheese is the area most famous cheese. It is loved by locals and tourist alike. The latter are always eager to find it in the menu. This cheese is available in every season since the ewes provide milk throughout the year. Delicious with any meal, in all seasons it makes a perfect addition to any meal. Hors d'oeuvres or salad, or meal: with or witout bread and salami.

There are numerous tradition that popular devotion has handet down in Tropea, some with origins dating back over one thousand years. Legend has it that the icon of the black Madonna of the cathedral of Tropea was stolen by local sailors from the Byzantine east (from which the epithet Madonna of Romania originates). Worschip of the Madonna intensified when the salvation of the town, which only suffered minimal damage following the earthquake of 27th March 1638, was attributed to the protective action of the Madonna. Bishop Ambrogio Cordova had visions of the Madonna on different occasions in his dreams warning of an imminent earthquake that would bring devastation to the whole of Calabria and asked him to organise a procession of repentace involving the entire population of Tropea.

With its church situated above, the island is one of the simbols of Tropea, easily visible from the terraces of the historic centre facing the sea. It was once an islands but the continual silting process has rejoined it to the mainland.

The church, with its lawns adorned with various succulent plants and Mediterranean flowers, can be reached by climbing a flight of steps. Built by the Benedictines, it has late-medieval origins and has undergone substantial alterations; during the Renaissance period it was converted into a Latin basilica. Further alterations were also made during the subsequent periods, in particular following the various earthquakes in the area. Since 1060 it has been under the jurisdiction of the Benedectine Abbey of Montecassino.

The ancient centre of Tropea is one of the most interesting and one of the best preserved of the region, retaining its seventeenth and eighteenth century layout.

Intersecting alleys enable visitors to discover picturesque corners with ancient buildings and portals of outstanding workmanship, squares that have preserved their medieval appearance, panoramic terraces and unique views of the sea.

The sloping roofs of the houses are covered with "ceramide", the ancient roofing tiles, as they are called in these parts, splendidly visible with their 'movements' from the provincial road which descends towards the sea from Mount Poro.

Enchanting sea place with over 7 km of coastline of white sands, marked out with two white sails in the guide "Blu" of Legambiente.

Zambrone has about 1.740 inhabitants and included five hamlets: New Zambrone, S. Giovanni, Daffinà, Daffinacello and Madama.