{"id":103582,"date":"2022-12-22T12:49:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T11:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borghipiubelliditalia.it\/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=103582"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:46:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:46:33","slug":"badolato","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/borghipiubelliditalia.it\/en\/borgo\/badolato\/","title":{"rendered":"Badolato"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Badolato<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]municipality of badolato<\/strong>
\n(Province of Catanzaro)
\nAltitude<\/strong>
\nm. 240 s.l.m.
\npopulation<\/strong>
\n2974 (350 nel borgo)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]patron saint<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sant\u2019Andrea Avellino, 10 Novembre<\/p>\n

turist information<\/strong><\/p>\n

Delegazione Municipale \u2013 Badolato Marina
\nTel. 0967\/814217
\nC.A.T. \/ Centro di Accoglienza Turistica
\nPalazzo Gallelli \u2013 Badolato Borgo<\/p>\n

Pro Loco Badolato APS
\nFB: InfoTurismo Badolato
\ninfoturismobadolato@gmail.com<\/a>
\n+39 3384709111<\/p>\n

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The ancient name of \u201cBadulato\u201d or \u201cVadulatu\u201d first appears within historic land records as far back as 1114 A.D. The Count Goffredo di Loritello and his mother Berta donated some of the \u201cfields of Badulati\u201d to the monks of the famous Carthusian monastery Saint Stefano del Bosco, in the Calabrian town of Serra San Bruno. The fiefdom of Badolato, whose origin is believed to date back to around 1080 \u2014 by the Norman nobleman of Calabria Roberto il Guiscardo \u2014 would have initially belonged to a family that took its name from it. We then have details of the noble families that ruled the land from the beginning of the Angevin dynasty (1266, Carlo I).<\/p>\n

Filippo de Badulato was named lord of this land after receiving it as a donation in 1254. He remained in possession of the estate until 1272, when he was removed from power by Pietro Ruffo, the Count of Catanzaro, even though Filippo had petitioned to the king in 1270 to address Ruffo’s harassment. Apart from a sixteen-year interruption from 1280-1296 (when the fiefdom was temporarily assigned to Admiral Ruggiero di Lauria), the Ruffo family remained lords of the barony of Badolato until 1439, in a direct lineage. It was then ruled by Loise d’Arena (1439-1451), from his marriage to Giovanna Ruffo, and then came the turn of Marcantonio Ruffo (1451-1453). From 1454 to 1578, the fiefdom was passed to the Toraldo family, who inherited it through the marriage of Margherita Ruffo and Giorgio Toraldo. The Toraldo\u2019s were a key noble family in Calabria, from Tropea and Badolato, who took part in the Lepanto Battle of 1571 A.D. Badolato then passed to the Borgia, Princes of Squillace (1596), and subsequently to the Ravaschieri, the Pinelli (1692), and finally to the Pignatelli of Belmonte (1779), who administered it as a subfief through the Gallelli family until the end of feudalism (1806).\u201d<\/p>\n

History<\/strong><\/p>\n

The most reliable, widely shared, and least disputed hypothesis as to the origins of Badolato\u2019s name has emerged from the studies conducted by the Cultural Association “La Radice.” The term Badolato is said to be composed from two Latin words, “vadum” and “latum,” meaning a wide and convenient ford. This refers to the rivers which surrounded the village, and suggests that the ford crossings here were comfortable and easy to traverse \u2014 better than other local sites due to the water and terrain conditions.<\/p>\n

There are also a few that hypothesize that Badolato, also known as Vadolato in the past, means “by the side of the Vod\u00e0 river.” In fact, bordering the base of the hill that the village stands on, you\u2019ll find the waters of the Vod\u00e0 river.<\/p>\n

Some also believe that it may derive from the term “vuda” (in italian \u201cbiodo\u201d) which has many streams. One of these \u2014 as mentioned \u2014 borders the village to the south, another to the north, and others, including the Gallipari river (the modern name for what was possibly the ancient Elleporo), which all flow throughout the territory.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the name of Badolato could derive from the German word “bad” or “bado,” (meaning \u201cbath\u201d such as in Baden, Badenweiler, etc.) together with “lato” \u2014 either from the Latin “latus\u201d which means \u201cside,\u201d or less probably, from the name of a fish that lives in the waters of the Nile. Some also consider the Russian word “voda,” possibly imported with the Byzantine civilization, which means “water” -hence the name of the stream “Vod\u00e0”.<\/p>\n

A final theory, according to the writer and historian Barrio, is that the term Badolato derives from the Greek verb “b\u00e0domai” meaning “worthy of affection.” (Source: Cultural Association “La Radice”)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Local products and dishes” tab_id=”1521153098573-ceadd3bb-4824″][vc_column_text]Typical dish with ancient flavours: a soup with – rice, wild fennel herbs and \u2018ndurha (traditional salami)<\/p>\n

Pana ‘e maju \/ Homemade bread with elderflower<\/p>\n

Pasta ‘e casa cu’ a carna ‘e crapa \/ Fresh homemade pasta with goat-meat sauce<\/p>\n

Lamberhi al sugo \/ Cooked snails with tomato sauce<\/p>\n

\u201cPasta e lamberhi\u201d \/ Pasta with tomato sauce and cooked snails<\/p>\n

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Traditional and typical dessert “Mastazz\u00f2la ‘e vinic\u00f2ttu”<\/p>\n

Yellow peach of Badolato<\/p>\n

Wild artichokes preserved in extra virgin olive-oil[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1668688157201-6248feae-5307″][vc_column_text]SPRING<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Easter week in the old village of Badolato with traditional and ancient religious processions. The most important events include:<\/p>\n

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