Castroreale

Template:Expand Italian Template:Infobox Italian comune 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").<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It has around 2,702<ref name="world gazetteer">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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)

Sources

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