Castroreale ( Sicilian: ''Castruriali'') is a village in the

Metropolitan City of Messina The Metropolitan City of Messina ( it, Città metropolitana di Messina) is a metropolitan city in Sicily, Italy. Its capital is the city of Messina. It replaced the Province of Messina and comprises the city of Messina and other 107 municipalitie ...

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, southern

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. It has around 2,702 inhabitants but over 80 churches, with some houses dating to the 13th century. It is from

Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (; Sicilian language, Sicilian: ''Baccialona Pizzaottu'') is a town and ''comune'' of about 50,000 inhabitants in the north coast of Sicily, Italy, from Messina, Italy, Messina towards Palermo. It belongs to the M ...

and from

Messina Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 inhabitants in ...

. It has a tower, last remain of a castle, built by

Frederick II of Aragon Frederick II (or III) (13 December 1272 – 25 June 1337) was the regent of the Kingdom of Sicily from 1291 until 1295 and subsequently King of Sicily from 1295 until his death. He was the third son of Peter III of Aragon and served in th ...

in 1324. The name Castroreale comes from

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, and means "royal fortress".

People

Antonino Borzì Antonino Borzì (20 August 1852, in Castroreale – 24 August 1921, in Lucca) was an Italian botanist. Life and career Antonino Borzì became a professor of botany at the University of Palermo in 1879 and at the University of Messina in 1892 ...

Giuseppina Vadalà Giuseppina Vadalà () ( Messina, 1824–Santiago de Chile, October 7, 1914) was an Italian patriot. Biography Revolutionary activity Giuseppina Vadalà fought together with her sister Paolina during the Siege of Messina, the revolt for Italian u ...

Pina Menichelli Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli (10 January 1890 – 29 August 1984), known professionally as Pina Menichelli, was an Italian actress. After a career in theatre and a series of small film roles, Menichelli was launched as a film star when Giovanni Pas ...

(1890–1984)

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