Brucoli ( scn, Brùculi) is a southern
Italian hamlet (''
frazione
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...
'') of
Augusta, a municipality part of the
Province of Syracuse,
Sicily
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Brucoli is located by the
Ionian Sea
The Ionian Sea ( el, Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, ''Iónio Pélagos'' ; it, Mar Ionio ; al, Deti Jon ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including C ...
coast of the island of Sicily and is from
Augusta.
It has a population of 1,098.
[
At the ancient time, it was a colony of ]Megara
Megara (; el, Μέγαρα, ) is a historic town and a municipality in West Attica, Greece. It lies in the northern section of the Isthmus of Corinth opposite the island of Salamis Island, Salamis, which belonged to Megara in archaic times, befo ...
founded by the Megarian Lamis ( grc, Λάμις) and called Trotilon ( grc, Τρώτιλον).
Gallery
File:Brucoli_Village.jpg , Panorama
File:Brucoli - Castle and Lighthouse.jpg , Lighthouse and castle
File:Brucoli Castel - Castello di Brucoli.jpg, The castle of Brucoli
File:Chiesa di San Nicola di Bari, Brucoli.JPG , Saint Nicholas church
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Frazioni of the Province of Syracuse
Ancient cities in Sicily
Megarian colonies
Colonies of Magna Graecia
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