Castroreale
Template:Expand Italian Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Castroreale (Sicilian: Castruriali) is a village in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[1]
It has around 2,702[2] inhabitants but over 80 churches, with some houses dating to the 13th century. It is Template:Convert from Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto and Template:Convert from Messina.
It has a tower, last remain of a castle, built by Frederick II of Aragon in 1324. The name Castroreale comes from Latin, and means "royal fortress".
People
- Antonino Borzì
- Giuseppina Vadalà
- Pina Menichelli (1890–1984)