N she Greek mythology, Klet was the name of one of the Amazons, women-only people, devoted to war. The warrior in question was also the queen Penthesilea nurse, left for Troy to fight the Greeks. In a duel against the mighty Achilles, had the worse and died. hearing the news, Klet boarded at a time of Asia Minor, determined to retrieve the body of his pupil and give them proper burial. Landed on Tyrrhenian coast of Calabria, he decided not to continue his journey, no one knows why, and to found a city in which to give his name. Name that would have remained unchanged over the centuries for all women regnanti.Più forward, we will see why.
The first settlement was small, but ambitious, so much so that it reached great development in Ancient Greece and proper weight, relatively quickly, since the first furrow perimeter was traced in the tenth century BC
In the sixteenth , the residents broke relations with Crotone, could not stand to be submissive as settlers and engaged in a fierce fight against the powerful Ionic City. Even the Queen was taken imprisoned and killed, but before he died, he expressed the wish that his name be imposed on each sovereign Cleto. Defeated the hated enemy, the people freed themselves and their independence jealously cultivated again later. From the sixteenth century onward, enjoyed a period of prosperity and well-being, with commercial interests and active extension of the territory even in the hinterland. The arrival of the barbarians and the siege ended in the destruction of homes, churches and shops.
the dawn of the Middle Ages, the decline reached levels not known before, despite the importance retained for strategic reasons. The population declined, the area was narrow boundaries of belonging. The first signs of improvement occurred with the arrival of the Normans, while Frederick II was the real architect of the rebirth of the place, but definitely not more Cleto Pietramala until 1863.
But when he changed the name imposed by the Queen, the founder? Even today, no one knows.
are so many versions. The most reliable are two: one is based on the assumption that at the time of construction of the Castle, recommended for security reasons, we decided to give the same, the name of the gentlemen in the service of the Normans. From here, the appropriate expression of the Castro Pietramala. The second focuses instead on 'anathema, so to speak, of a bishop. In fact, it was the account of a poor clergyman, who had the misfortune of breaking a leg in a country with hard rock, impractical, therefore, "bad" for those who dared to climb the 250 meters high above sea level. The same definition also gives the
Padula, going beyond the ordinary meaning, adding a final explanation on the ants, the only ones capable of climbing the large rock, inaccessible to anyone.
In fact, even more alert to the foot, the bottom view of the rise from the pointed shape, pyramidal, raises uncertainties that are worth to overcome, provided that you also looking to explore inaccessible corners, narrow charm intact, wuthering disturbing shade of walls and walls that resist all 'offense time and all'incuria men, has for centuries. The route begins and continues on steps and stairs, steep slopes and flat too short to take a breather, but the sight of which can be enjoyed during breaks, well worth the trouble.
In the small historic center, there are still access ladders next to the stone houses that smell of smoke and sacrifice. Even the caves carved into the rock, bear the signature of the hand of the man who modeled and lived since the dawn of time.
As you go upwards, houses and churches appear in a very suggestive landscape of tiles. The houses are many, places of worship, two. One is SS Maria Assunta and the other dedicated to Our Lady of Consolation.
To visit the third, or rather what remains of the Rosary Church, must climb to the top. Standing still, however, only the structures, even unsafe. In good condition are the old mill and the mill, to be admired at the beginning of the trail when the wind is still long and the body being tired.
Cleto is part of the Province of Cosenza, which is 54 km.
seen from above, we see between Aiello, Amantea and Serra d'Aiello, also the common Cosentino, and Martirano, Nocera Torinese and San Mango d'Aquino, making the Province of Catanzaro. In more recent times not
, Cletus was dominant role, and not between the territorial border. Various events characterized the feudal period, Angevin and French.
The inhabitants, as always proud of their freedom, not bear the yoke of foreigners. They were instead, lively and combative during the Renaissance, the flower of youth as a sacrifice.
Of those who wanted to leave traces of itself, is the case to sue the wife of the treasurer Arnone, Eliadora Sambiase, which summed up a slab of marble, his philosophy of life: "Offer to God temples, clear waters and lush gardens the nymphs, and the Castle of Savuto hotel to those who bisogno”.
Porte e portali, fregi e stemmi, statue e bassorilievi, sono segno ovunque di ricchi e nobili trascorsi, prima del degrado, chiuso nei confini delle civiltà , che guardano al passato con indifferenza. Emma Viscomi
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