Brancaleone is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Reggio Calabria
The province of Reggio Calabria () was a province in the Calabria region of Italy. It was the southernmost province in mainland Italy and is separated from the island of Sicily by the Strait of Messina. The capital was the city of Reggio.
It w ...
in the
Italian
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region
Calabria
Calabria is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. It is a peninsula bordered by the region Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea to the east, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian S ...
, located about southwest of
Catanzaro
Catanzaro (; or ; ), also known as the "City of the two Seas" (), is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its province and the second most populated comune of the region, behind Reggio Calabr ...
and about southeast of
Reggio Calabria
Reggio di Calabria (; ), commonly and officially referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the List of cities in Italy, largest city in Calabria as well as the seat of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria. As ...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,923 and an area of .
Brancaleone borders the following municipalities:
Bruzzano Zeffirio,
Palizzi
Palizzi (; ''Spyrópoli'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio Calabria. The southernmost point in mainland Italy li ...
,
Staiti
Staiti () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio Calabria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 335 and an are ...
.
Famed Italian poet and novelist
Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavese ( ; ; 9 September 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist. He is often referred to as one of the most influential Italian writers of his time.
Early ...
was exiled here in 1935. Portions of his novel ''
The Moon and the Bonfires
''The Moon and the Bonfires'' () is a 1950 novel by the Italian writer Cesare Pavese. It is considered Pavese's best novel.
The first English language translation was undertaken by Louise Sinclair in 1952, as ''The Moon and the Bonfire''. A more ...
'' refer to his time spent here.
Demographic evolution
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References
Cities and towns in Calabria
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