Sant'Alessio Siculo explained

Sant'Alessio Siculo
Official Name:Comune di Sant'Alessio Siculo
Coordinates:37.9167°N 36°W
Region:Sicily
Metropolitan City:Messina (ME)
Frazioni:Lacco
Mayor:Domenico Aliberti
Area Total Km2:6.17
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:1519
Population As Of:30 November 2021
Population Demonym:Santalessesi
Elevation M:15
Saint:Madonna del Carmine
Day:July 16
Postal Code:98030
Area Code:0942

Sant'Alessio Siculo (Sicilian: Sant'Alessiu Sìculu) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 180km (110miles) east of Palermo and about 35km (22miles) southwest of Messina.

Its main attraction is a castle built in the 11th century by the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Comnenos in his war against the Normans and the Arabs, who also held it. It sits on the promontory Capo Sant'Alessio overlooking the sea and beach.

Notes and References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.