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Castle walls, Oppido Mamertina (Courtesy Paolo Visonà)
Roughly 1,000 feet above sea level in the hilly interior of Calabria—the toe of Italy’s boot—the town of Oppido Mamertina is surrounded by ancient forested terrain. The modern town is the successor to a medieval town called Oppido Vecchio that was destroyed by an earthquake in 1783, and whose evocative ruins still stand for visitors to admire. These include town gates and streets, and cloisters built by religious orders. There is
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