Brolo

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Brolo-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Brolo
name = Brolo
region = Sicily
province = Messina (ME)
elevation_m =
area_total_km2 = 7.9
population_as_of = Dec. 2004All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
population_total = 5595
population_density_km2 = 712
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|38|9|N|14|50|E|type:city(5,595)_region:IT
frazioni = Casette, Filanda, Iannello, Lacco, Lago, Malpertuso, Parrazzà, Piana, Sant'Anna, Sellica
telephone = 0941
postalcode = 98061
gentilic =Brolesi
saint = Maria SS. Annunziata
day = March 25
mayor = Salvo Messina
website = [http://www.brolo.it/ www.brolo.it]
mapy = 14.8333
mapx = 38.1500
__NOTOC__Brolo is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 130 km east of Palermo and about 60 km west of Messina. Brolo borders the following municipalities: Ficarra, Naso, Piraino, Sant'Angelo di Brolo.

Until '60 The economy was mostly based on agriculture, the main produces including olives and lemons. Now the economy is based on buildings houses, commerce and some summer-tourism.

History

During the Roman era Brolo was called "Brolium", meaning "garden" or "Park" in Latin, and was crossed by the Via Valeria. In the Middle Ages it had a castle on the sea, around which, probably from the 11th century, a fishermens' settlement arose. Bianca Lancia, mistress and wife of Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, probably lived in the castle during the 13th century according to some historiographers.

Demographic evolution

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References

External links

* [http://www.brolo.it/ www.brolo.it/]