Albi, Calabria

Comune in Calabria, Italy

Location of Albi

39°01′06″N 16°35′40″E / 39.01833°N 16.59444°E / 39.01833; 16.59444CountryItalyRegionCalabriaProvinceCatanzaroFrazioniSan Giovanni d'Albi and ButuroGovernment

• MayorSalvatore RiccaArea

^[1]

• Total29.64 km² (11.44 sq mi)Elevation

778 m (2,552 ft)Population

(31 March 2019)^[2]

• Total882 • Density30/km² (77/sq mi)DemonymAlbesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

88050

Dialing code0961WebsiteOfficial website

Albi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈalbi]; Calabrian: Iàrbi) is a commune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the east southeastern portion of Calabria, Italy.

Possibly the first Korean to have set foot in Europe, António Corea, has been theorized to have settled in Albi, with descendants with the surname Corea still living in the village today.^[3] The theory gained significant traction in both Albi and South Korea, and was widely repeated for decades. In Albi, a monument was installed in 1989 to commemorate the supposed meeting of Corea and his Italian wife. The mayor of Albi and a number of Corea's supposed descendents visited South Korea in 1992. However, this theory is now considered to be unlikely to be true.^[4]

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ Park, Soo-mee (2004-03-03). "Following the trail of "The Korean Man"". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
^ 김, 성동 (2015-11-25). "루벤스 作〈한복 입은 남자〉로 본 神話의 탄생과 소멸". Monthly Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-04-14.