After the fall of the Western empire, Rhegium remained subject to the Eastern emperors, and its archbishop was metropolitan of Bruttd. In A.D. 509 it was taken by Tails ; in 918 by the Saracens ; in 1005 by the Pisan; and in 1160 by Robert Quiscard, since which time it has always been a part of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
In the 16th century Reggio was sacked three times by the Turk% in 1513 by Barbara's., again in 1558, and lastly in 1593. The great earthquake of Calabria, in 1733, completely ruined the town of Reggio ; not a single building remained entire. Reggio has been since rebuilt on a regular plan; it spreads along the declivity of a bill down to the sea. A wide street, called La Marina, runs along the sea-shore, and another street, parallel to It, 11108 through the centre of the town, and is intersected at right angles by various streets. The view of the opposite coast of Meesina and its verdant hills, backed by the huge mass of .Etna, is truly magnificent. The Apennine. near Reggio are rugged and bare, but the plain around it is extremely fertile, and the ground is very valuable, most of it being laid out in orange and lemon plantations. Reggio is a great nursery of orange and lemon
plants for all parts of the kingdom. The date-palm flourishes and produces fruit. The climate is temperate, and the atmosphere remark ably pure.
Reggio is the capital of the province of Calabria Ultra (II.) V.l.st.e Lau.] It is fortified, well supplied with water, and situated in one of the most delightful spots in Enrope. The population amounts to about 10,000. The most note-worthy budding* are the cathedral, several convents, the college, the hospital, the foundling asylum, end the theatre. The manufactures comprise silks, gloves, hosiery, cedrat and other essential oils. Articles, such as gloves, stockings, &c., are manufactured from the silky byseus of the Pinna marina. The export trade in wine, oil, citron, olives, and dried fruits is considerable. An annual fair is held in the town from the 1st to the 15th of Sept.
The ancient port of Reggio no longer exists. The small craft of modern Reggio anchor a little to the north of the town.