The siege of Amantea was a military operation that was part of the Calabrian Insurrection, an episode of the War of the Third Coalition.
Amantea as seen from the sea. On the left, the strategic high ground of Camolo.
Lieutenant Colonel of Lago, Calabria, Raffaele Falsetti (1767-1836), also known as "Centanni".
The Amantea Castle is located in the town of the same name, in the province of Cosenza, in the lower Tyrrhenian Sea of Cosenza. Dominating the coastal road and the road to Cosenza that runs along the
Siege of Amantea
…Amantea to prevent the landing of reinforcements. The situation of the besieged became difficult. They had three large-caliber cannons placed in the castle and seven smaller artillery pieces located on the bastions and gates of Catocastro and Paraporto. According to the colorful account given by local…
Panorama of the modern expansion and the castle cliff from the Church of San Bernardino da Siena.