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San Mango d'Aquino is located in a panoramic position, on a hill in the province of Catanzaro overlooking the Central Tyrrhenian coast, now renamed the Riviera dei Tramonti, and the Savuto Valley.
No literary itinerary in Calabria is complete without a visit to San Mango d'Aquino: it is home to the important Muricello Literary Prize and the Library of Calabrian Writers.
San Mango d'Aquino has a long history of farming feuds. Its name is linked not only to St Thomas Aquinas, whose family is said to have Calabrian origins, but also to the 17th-century tradition that changed the town's name to San Mango, when it was originally known as Muricello. The latter is honoured by the eponymous Literary Prize, one of the most prestigious in the region. From 2024, the Muricello Prize has also been linked to the newly-founded "Nuccio Ordine" Library of Calabrian Writers, a venue for the collection, presentation and promotion of local literary authors.
