nicotera () is a comune (municipality) in the province of vibo valentia, calabria, italy. as of 2001, it had 6,767 inhabitants. nicòtera origins lie with the ancient greek city of medma which was founded by the locresis of locri epizephiri. during the period of roman domination it partially survived only through the emporium (port), near today's nicotera marina. thumb in 1065 robert guiscard conquered it under the norman dominion of roger i.in the thirteenth century it fell to the house of swabia; under holy roman emperor frederick ii nicòtera attained economic wealth. to encourage commerce and industry, frederick promoted jewish settlement in the area called "giudecca", in which jews of this ghetto inhabited the area near the castle, potentially protected from christian persecution by the bishop of nicotera. in the fifteenth century, under the kingdom of alfonso of aragon, it passed under the yoke of feudalism and it decayed. in 1806 the french revolution swept away the feud (from [www.wikipedia.org](http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/nicotera).
