Cirò
Comune
Comune di Cirò
Location of Cirò
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Coordinates: 39°22′50″N 17°03′50″E / 39.38056°N 17.06389°E / 39.38056; 17.06389
Country	Italy
Region	Calabria
Province	Crotone (KR)
Frazioni	L'Attiva, La Cappella, Santa Venere
Government
• Mayor	Mario Caruso
Area [1]
• Total	70 km2 (30 sq mi)
Elevation	351 m (1,152 ft)
Population  (May, 2011)[2]
• Total	3,209
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Demonym	Cirotani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	88813
Dialing code	0962
Patron saint	San Francesco di Paola & San Nicodemo
Saint day	April 2

Cirò is a comune and town with a population of 3614 people in the province of Crotone, in Calabria, Italy.

There were Bronze Age settlements in the area and fossils have been found and are preserved for eventual exhibition in a museum to be established. The ancient Greeks had a settlement on the sea coast - rudiments of a shrine to Apollo have been found. The town on the hill had its origins before 1000 AD but it was greatly expanded after the Saracens started raiding the sea coast. Cirò (known earlier as Psicro) became an important regional center with a castle most of which was constructed between the years 1300 and 1500. Today the castle is in a rather bad shape and should be restored. The administration is attempting to obtain funds and authorisation to do so. Until around 1970 the regional court had its seat in Cirò. After the coastal town split off, much of the administrative functions were transferred there.

Ciro relies on the production of oil, wine, cereals, citruses and intense breeding of cattle.

The town of Ciro is famous for the production of Calabria's most important wine of the same name. The ancient Greeks started producing this wine under a different name nearly 3000 years ago and it was also offered to victors of the ancient Olympics.^[3]

• Luigi Lilio (creator of the Gregorian Calendar)

• Cirò wine