Castelmola

Castelmola
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Metropolitan city	Messina  (ME)
Local name	Castermula
Coordinates	37 ° 52 ′  N , 15 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  E
height	550  m slm
surface	16 km²
Residents	1,094 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	68 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	98030
prefix	0942
ISTAT number	083015
Popular name	Castelmolesi
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Castelmola is an Italian municipality in the metropolitan city of Messina in the autonomous region of Sicily with 1094 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and is a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy).

Location and dates

The community is 529  m slm on the summit of Monte Tauro. The distance to the neighboring municipality Taormina is three kilometers, to Messina it is 46 kilometers, to Catania 56 kilometers. The main livelihood of the residents is tourism .

The neighboring communities are Gaggi , Letojanni , Mongiuffi Melia and Taormina .

history

Castelmola was founded in the 8th century BC. Founded by the Sicelians . In 392 BC The city was destroyed together with Taormina by Dionysius I and 350 BC. Rebuilt. In 902 the place was destroyed again by the Arabs. In the Middle Ages, Castelmola was owned by various noble families. From 1929 to 1947 the place belonged to Taormina.

Buildings

• Church of San Giorgio in Piazza Antonio from the 17th century
• Castle from the Middle Ages, expanded in the 16th century
• Sanctuary of Madonna della Rocca halfway to Taormina, built in the 17th century
• Cocolamazzo di Mola, shaft graves from the 10th to the 7th century BC Chr.

Web links

Commons : Castelmola  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Castelmola Information Page (Italian)
• Official website of the municipality of Castelmola (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed May 29, 2017 (Italian).