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Sorbo San Basile
Sorbo
San Basile
is a
village
and
comune
in the
province of Catanzaro
in the
Calabria
region
of
southern
Italy
.
The word
"sorbo" in
Italian
means "the
service tree
or the sorb-apple tree" of which there are many orchards in the
vicinity
.
The words
"San Basile"
refer to
the
Greek
Saint Basil the Great
because
Basilian monks
established
a monastery in the area as early as 640.
The town
is
bordered
by
Bianchi
,
Carlopoli
,
Cicala
,
Colosimi
,
Fossato Serralta
,
Gimigliano
,
Panettieri
,
Taverna
.