Castroreale

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Castroreale
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Castroreale (Italy)
Castroreale
Country Italy
region Sicily
Metropolitan city Messina  (ME)
Local name Castruriali / U Castru
Coordinates 38 ° 6 '  N , 15 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 6 '0 "  N , 15 ° 13' 0"  E
height 394  m slm
surface 54 km²
Residents 2,336 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 43 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 98053
prefix 090
ISTAT number 083016
Popular name Castrensi
Patron saint San Silvestro
Website Castroreale
View of Castroreale
View of Castroreale
Panorama of Castroreale

Castroreale is an Italian municipality in the metropolitan city of Messina in the autonomous region of Sicily with 2336 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

Castroreale is 51 kilometers west of Messina . The inhabitants live mainly from agriculture and cattle breeding. The place Castroreale Terme belongs to the municipality of Terme Vigliatore not to the municipality of Castroreale.

The neighboring municipalities are Antillo , Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto , Casalvecchio Siculo , Rodì Milici , Santa Lucia del Mela and Terme Vigliatore .

history

The Arabs built a fortress on the site of Castoreale. Friedrich II expanded this fortress.

Attractions

  • Tower of the castle from 1324
  • Parish church, this is dedicated to Maria Assunata
  • Santa Maria delle Grazie church
  • Santa Marina Church from the 16th century
  • Sant'Agata from the 15th century, inside there are beautiful sculptures
  • Oratorio di San Filippo, seat of the Municipal Museum
  • Church of SS Salvatore

  • Torre

  • View to the Cathedral of S. Maria Assunta

  • Triptych , Pinacoteca di Santa Maria degli Angeli

  • Sculpture by Naccherino in the Chiesa di Sant'Agata

  • Palazzo Peculio

  • Fontana di Piazza Peculio

  • Porta Ranieri

Personalities from Castroreale

Web links

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

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).