Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (Sicilian

Sicilian language

Sicilian is a Romance language. Its dialects make up the Extreme-Southern Italian language group, which are spoken on the island of Sicily and its satellite islands; in southern and central Calabria ; in the southern parts of Apulia, the Salento ; and Campania, on the Italian mainland, where it is...

: Baccialona Pizzaottu) is a town and comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

of about 50,000 inhabitants in the north coast of Sicily

Sicily

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, Italy

Italy

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, 40 km from Messina

Messina, Italy

Messina is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, Italy and the capital of the province of Messina. It has a population of about 250,000 inhabitants in the city proper and about 650,000 in the province...

 towards Palermo

Palermo

Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...

. It belongs to the Province of Messina

Province of Messina

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History

Barcellona was founded in 1522, during the Spanish dominance of the island. It was merged with Pozzo di Gotto (founded in 1463) in 1836.

Main sights

The 13th century village of Castroreale

Castroreale

Castroreale is a village in the Province of Messina of Sicily, southern Italy.It has around 2,702 inhabitants but over 80 churches, and is architecturally interesting, with some houses dating to the 13th century...

, home to a tower from a medieval castle built by King Frederick II of Aragon, is located nearby.

External links

• Official website
• Selected Civil Records Births,Marriages, Deaths.