Sant'Alessio Siculo

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Sant'Alessio Siculo
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Sant'Alessio Siculo (Italy)
Sant'Alessio Siculo
Country Italy
region Sicily
Metropolitan city Messina  (ME)
Local name Sant'Alessiu Sìculu
Coordinates 37 ° 55 '  N , 15 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 55 '0 "  N , 15 ° 21' 0"  E
surface 6 km²
Residents 1,508 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 251 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 98030
prefix 0942
ISTAT number 083085

Sant'Alessio Siculo is a city in the metropolitan city of Messina in the Sicily region in Italy with 1508 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Sant Alessio Siculo from Forza d'Agrò

Sant'Alessio Siculo, a former fishing village, is located north of Taormina and 40 km southwest of Messina on the coast of the Ionian Sea .

the castle of Sant'Alessio Siculo

The place is on the Messina – Siracusa railway line . Due to its extensive sandy beaches and its proximity to Taormina, tourism has developed modestly in recent years. The residents mainly work in agriculture and tourism.

The neighboring municipalities are Casalvecchio Siculo , Forza d'Agrò , Santa Teresa di Riva and Savoca .

history

Until the unification of Italy under Garibaldi , the place belonged to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . Sant'Alessio Siculo has been an independent municipality since 1848. Until this year the place forms a municipality with Forza d'Agrò.

Attractions

  • Norman fort at Capo Sant'Alessio. The origins of the castle go back to Alessio I. Comneno (1048–1118), a Byzantine emperor who fought against the Normans and Saracens. It was successively owned by the Saracens and the Normans , who gave major architectural changes and extended the building based on the model of Norman fortress architecture. From 1676 it was used as a food depot during the military conflict between the French and Spanish in the city of Messina. At the beginning of the 17th century, English troops allied with Spain built an outer belt of fortifications around the fort.

Web links

Commons : Sant'Alessio Siculo  - 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. ^ Sant'Alessio Siculo, castello accessed on April 15, 2017.