Mirto (
Sicilian: ''Mirtu'') is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) 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 ...
in the
Italian region
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
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, located about east of
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
and about west of
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 ...
.
Mirto borders the following municipalities:
Capo d'Orlando
Capo d'Orlando ( scn, Capu d'Orlannu) is a in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy, one of the main centers of the mountain and coastal Nebrodi area.
History
After the destruction of the Greek colony of Agathyrnum ...
,
Capri Leone
Capri Leone ( Sicilian: ''Capri Liuni'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the southern Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Capri Leone sits in the foothills of ...
,
Frazzanò
Frazzanò 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.
Frazzanò borders the following municipalities: Capri Leone, Galati Mamer ...
,
Naso,
San Salvatore di Fitalia
San Salvatore di Fitalia ( Sicilian: ''Santu Sarvaturi di Fitalia'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Messina in the Italian region of Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
San Salvatore di Fitalia ...
.
People
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Francesco Cupani
Francesco Cupani ( 21 January 1657, Mirto – 19 January 1710, Palermo )
was an Italian naturalist mainly interested in botany.
In 1692 he became the first Director of the botanic garden at Misilmeri. Here the plants were classified a system t ...
(1657–1710)
References
Cities and towns in Sicily
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