| Rometta | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Sicily | |
| Territory | Messina | |
| Altitude | 590 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 32.12 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 6.546 (2019) | |
| Name inhabitants | romettesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 090 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 98043 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | San Leone Bishop | |
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Rometta is a city of Sicily.
To know
Geographical notes
Rometta is perched on the Peloritani mountains.
Background
Frequencies in this area date back to the Iron Age with settlements of the Stentinellian type (prehistoric civilization which takes its name from the locality near Syracuse). It then became the seat of a Greek-Latin community that found refuge in these inaccessible places, so much so that between 725 and 780 AD. the bishop of Catania, Saint Leo of Ravenna, known as the Wonderworker, found refuge there. In 965 after a long siege it was conquered by the Arabs and subsequently liberated by the Byzantines of Maniace.
In 2002 a train accident occurred near Rometta Marea in which 8 people died.
How to orient yourself
Rometta: full screen map.How to get
By plane
- 1 Catania airport (Fontanarossa Airport), ☎ 39 0957239111. National, international and important hub flights charter is low cost.
- 2 Reggio Calabria Airport (Strait airport), via Provinciale Ravagnese, 11, 89131 Reggio Calabria, ☎ 390965640517, fax: 390965636524, @[email protected]. Relations with Rome, Milan, Turin is Venice, through the companies Alitalia, Blue Express is Volotea.
- 3 Palermo-Punta Raisi Airport (Falcone and Borsellino Airport), ☎ 39 0917020273. National and international flights, too low cost.
By car
From 
from the east you climb in altitude taking the SP 54 and the SP 53, while to the west the SP 58
On the train
The closest station is that of Rometta Messinese, from which it is then necessary to find a way to go up.
By bus
From Messina with AST bus (about 1 hour), or from Milazzo.
How to get around
Given the size of the town, it is advisable to travel by car or foot.
What see
- 1 Byzantine church ("Church of Mary and Jesus" or "Badavecchia"), Via Ardizzone, 2. Byzantine church datable between the 5th and 6th centuries, with a Greek cross plan inserted in a quadrilateral.
- 2 Mother Church of S. Maria Assunta, Piazza Margherita, ☎ 39 090 992 6004. The main church of the city.
- 3 Port Milazzo (Door Earth). Gateway to the city, remains of the ancient fortifications.
- 4 city Hall, Piazza Margherita.
- 5 Messina gate (Via Sotto Castello, 5). ancient gateway to the city.
- 6 Federico II Castle, Via Roma, 7. Remains of the ancient castle of the Frederick era.
- 7 Saracen caves, SP 57. Natural cavities used for cenobitism.
