NICASTRO  , a

town and episcopal see of Calabria, Italy, in the province of Catanzaro, 17 M . W.N.W. of Catanzaro by rail, and 51 M . E. of S . Eufemia, a station on the line along the General Medina and other officers were tried by a Nicaraguan court-martial for the murder of Grace and Cannon, but were acquitted on the 28th of January 1910 . - west coast from Naples to Reggio di Calabria . Pop . (19o1) 13,671 (town), 18,15o (commune) . It is situated on the isthmus between the gulfs of S Eufemia and of Squillace, the narrowest part of Calabria, 970 ft. above sea-level, and commands a fine view . The ruined castle served as the place of imprisonment of Frederick II.'s son Henry . The place suffered greatly from the earthquake of 1638, which also destroyed the Benedictine abbey of S Eufemia, founded by Robert Guiscard .