Brolo (Nonio)
__NOTOC__ Brolo (Sicilian language, Sicilian: ''Brolu'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italy, Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina. Brolo borders the following municipalities: Ficarra, Naso, Sicily, Naso, Piraino, Sant'Angelo di Brolo. Until 1960 the economy was mostly based on agriculture, the main produces including olives and lemons. Now the economy is based on buildings houses, commerce and some summer tourism. History During the ancient Rome, Roman era Brolo was called ''Brolium'', meaning "garden" or "Park" in Latin language, Latin, and was crossed by the Via Valeria. In the Middle Ages it had a castle on the sea, around which, probably from the 11th century, a fishermens' settlement arose. Bianca Lancia, mistress and wife of Emperor Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, probably lived in the castle during the 13th century according to some historians. Brolo wa ...
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Sicily
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