Montalbano Elicona is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Messina

Province of Messina

Messina is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Messina.-Geography and demography :...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Sicily

Sicily

Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...

, located about 150 km east of Palermo

Palermo

Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...

 and about 50 km southwest of Messina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,687 and an area of 67.4 km².

It is mainly known for the castle built in 1233 by the Emperor Frederic II and the medieval architecture of its streets.

The municipality of Montalbano Elicona contains the frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Pellizzaro, Toscano, Santa Barbara,Casale, Villa Braidi, and Santa Maria, Santa Venera e Santo Stefano.

Montalbano Elicona borders the following municipalities: Basicò

Basicò

Basicò is a comune in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 150 km east of Palermo and about 45 km southwest of Messina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 730 and an area of 12.0 km²....

, Falcone, Floresta, Francavilla di Sicilia

Francavilla di Sicilia

Francavilla di Sicilia is a town and comune in the Province of Messina on the island of Sicily, Italy.It has a population of about 4,000 people and is situated in the southern part of the province, close to the northern slopes of Mount Etna. The distance to Messina is about 50 km, and the...

, Librizzi

Librizzi

Librizzi is a comune in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 140 km east of Palermo and about 50 km west of Messina, on a hill between the Timeto and Librizzi streams....

, Malvagna

Malvagna

Malvagna is a comune in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 150 km east of Palermo and about 50 km southwest of Messina...

, Oliveri

Oliveri

Oliveri is a comune in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 150 km east of Palermo and about 45 km west of Messina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,076 and an area of 10.3 km².Oliveri borders the following municipalities: Falcone,...

, Patti, Raccuja

Raccuja

Raccuja is a comune in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 140 km east of Palermo and about 60 km west of Messina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,295 and an area of 25.1 km²....

, Roccella Valdemone

Roccella Valdemone

Roccella Valdemone is a comune in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 150 km east of Palermo and about 50 km southwest of Messina...

, San Piero Patti

San Piero Patti

San Piero Patti is a comune in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 140 km east of Palermo and about 50 km southwest of Messina...

, Santa Domenica Vittoria

Santa Domenica Vittoria

Santa Domenica Vittoria is a town and comune in the Province of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy.It is situated 7 kilometres north of Randazzo in the Nebrodi Mountain Range...

, Tripi

Tripi

Tripi is a town and comune in the province of Messina . It is located on the site of Abacaenum, an ancient Greek colony....

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External links

• www.comune.montalbanoelicona.me.it/
• www.summerschool.montalbanoelicona.com/ - Learn Italian and English in Montalbano Elicona. (official website). Montalbán de Córdoba. España