San Filippo del Mela ( Sicilian: ''San Filippu'') 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

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region

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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

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. San Filippo del Mela borders the following municipalities:

Merì Merì is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina. Merì borders the following municipalities: Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Milazzo ...

Milazzo Milazzo ( Sicilian: ''Milazzu''; la, Mylae; ) is a town (''comune'') in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy; it is the largest commune in the Metropolitan City after Messina and Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto. The town has a p ...

Pace del Mela Pace del Mela ( Sicilian: ''Paci'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina. Pace del Mela borders the following municipalities: Condrò, ...

Santa Lucia del Mela Santa Lucia del Mela ( Sicilian: ''Santa Lucìa dû Mela'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina. It is one of the largest com ...

Twin towns

Castions di Strada Castions di Strada ( fur, Cjasteons di Strade) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about south of Udine. Geography Castions borders the following municipalities: B ...

, Italy

People

* Giuseppe Basile (1886–1977)

References

External links

Official website

www.santaluciadelmela.net

http://www.stradadelvinomessina.it
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