Reggio revolt

Reggio revolt
Part of Years of Lead
An image of the riots in Reggio Calabria in 1970–71.
Date	5 July 1970 – 23 February 1971
Location	Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy
Caused by	Decentralization and the choice of Catanzaro as the region capital
Goals	Recognition of Reggio Calabria as capoluogo (regional capital)
Methods	Strikes, street rioting and road and railway blockades
Resulted in	Repression of the riots Establishment of the Regional Council of Calabria in Reggio Regional development (a railroad stump, the steelwork center, and the port in Gioia Tauro)
Parties
Christian Democracy (Calabrian) Italian Social Movement National Vanguard Italian Democratic Socialist Party Italian Anarchist Federation CISNAL Government of Italy Christian Democracy (National) Italian Communist Party Italian Socialist Party CGIL
Lead figures
Francesco Franco Alfredo Perna Giuseppe Avarna Fortunato Aloi Emilio Colombo Fortunato Licandro Luigi Longo Luciano Lama
Casualties
Death(s)	According to official figures of the Italian Ministry of the Interior there were 3 dead; other sources mention 5 dead
Injuries	According to official figures of the Italian Ministry of the Interior there were 190 policemen and 37 civilians wounded; other sources mention hundreds of wounded
Arrested	Arrest and imprisonment of the revolt's leaders, like Francesco Franco

The Reggio revolt occurred in Reggio Calabria, Italy, from July 1970 to February 1971. The cause of the protests was a government decision to make Catanzaro, not Reggio, regional capital of Calabria.^[1][2] The nomination of a regional capital was the result of a decentralization programme of the Italian government, under which 15 governmental regions were concretized and given their own administrative councils and a measure of local autonomy.^[3]