Sep 25, 2016 · Riace, a traditional village on the instep of Italy's boot, has become known as a welcoming haven for migrants. Its transformation started in 1998, when a boat of Kurdish...

Riace (Calabrian: Riaci) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region of Calabria, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of Catanzaro and about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northeast of Reggio Calabria.

Jan 21, 2019 · In Italy's Calabria region, one town welcomed refugees with open arms and built a special kind of utopia in the process. Nicola Zolin visits Riace.

The Riace bronzes (Italian: Bronzi di Riace, [ˈbrondzi di riˈaːtʃe]), also called the Riace Warriors, are two full-size Greek bronze statues of naked bearded warriors, cast about 460–450 BC [1] that were found in the sea in 1972 near Riace, Calabria, in southern Italy.

Dec 15, 2019 · The southern Italian town of Riace was once a beacon for immigrants from around the world, but three years after NewsHour Weekend first reported on how it had welcomed immigrants, a political...

May 21, 2024 · RIACE, Italy — For the better part of two decades, a town spanning bone-dry hills and a desolate coastline was the testing ground for a contentious experiment that saw hundreds of refugees settled in its historic center to bring it back to life.

Feb 2, 2019 · For 20 years, the small Italian town of Riace has been a beacon for several thousand immigrants from around the world. But Italy's new populist government has recently lodged charges against...

Oct 7, 2021 · One of them was Domenico Lucano, known as “Mimmo,” the former mayor of Riace, a small town that has been celebrated worldwide for creating a visionary model for welcoming thousands of refugees....

Sep 18, 2018 · The town of Riace is a little more than a handful of dwellings atop a small hill in Calabria, the southernmost region of Italy. Here, it can feel like the clocks stopped ticking decades ago.

Nov 13, 2020 · The Riace Warriors (or Bronzi di Riace) are a pair of Greek bronze statues that were discovered in the sea near Riace, in the southern Italian province of Calabria. The statues date to the 5th century BC and depict two warriors.