Serra San Bruno [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Serra San Bruno
Serra San Bruno (Calabrian: ) is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Vibo Valentia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,966 and an area of .
Close by is the famous Carthusian monastery, Serra San Bruno Charterhouse ("Certosa di Santo Stefano di Serra San Bruno"), around which the town grew up. The town is named after Saint Bruno
Ferdinandea (Calabria)
Ferdinandea is an area of 3600 hectare in Serre Calabresi (Calabria, southern Italy) included in the territories of Bivongi, Stilo, Brognaturo, Mongiana and Serra San Bruno in the provinces of Reggio Calabria and Vibo Valentia.
Ferdinandea is entirely covered by fir and beech woods.
The name originates from King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, who used the area for hunting after 1832. He later turned it into a metal industry center, building here a foundry, ironworks, residential and administrative