Savoca ( Sicilian: ''Sàvuca'') 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

Province of Messina Messina (, ) was a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital was the city of Messina. It was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Messina. Geography Territory It had an area of , which amounts to 12.6 percent ...

in the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

region

Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ...

, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina. Savoca borders the following municipalities:

Casalvecchio Siculo Casalvecchio Siculo ( Sicilian: ''Casalvecchiu Sìculu'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina. Main sights *Church of ' ...

Forza d'Agrò Forza d'Agrò is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy. Forza d'Agrò is on the lower peak of a small mountain, while on the higher peak that overlooks the town are the remains of a Norman castle. Hist ...

Furci Siculo Furci Siculo ( Sicilian: ''Furci Sìculu'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina. Furci Siculo is twinned with Octeville ...

, Sant'Alessio Siculo,

Santa Teresa di Riva Santa Teresa di Riva ( scn, Santa Tresa di Riva) is a small town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy, located about from Taormina. The town was known until 1854 as Marina di Savoca when it was renamed in hon ...

. The town, together with

, was the location for the scenes set in Corleone of Francis Ford Coppola's ''

The Godfather ''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caa ...

'' (1972). Bar Vitelli in Savoca, which is still a functioning establishment, was featured in the motion picture as the place where

Michael Corleone Michael Corleone is a fictional character and the protagonist of Mario Puzo's 1969 novel ''The Godfather''. In the three ''Godfather'' films, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Michael was portrayed by Al Pacino, for which he was twice-nominate ...

asked Apollonia's father to meet his daughter. Bar Vitelli Savoca 8-7-21

References

External links

Official website
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