Brucoli

Brucoli

Brucoli

Frazione in Sicily, Italy

Brucoli (Sicilian: Brùculi) is a southern Italian hamlet (frazione) of Augusta, a municipality part of the Province of Syracuse, Sicily.

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Brucoli is located by the Ionian Sea coast of the island of Sicily and is 6.25 kilometres (3.88 mi) from Augusta.[1] It has a population of 1,098.[1]

At the ancient time, it was a colony of Megara founded by the Megarian Lamis (Ancient Greek: Λάμις) in Magna Graecia and called Trotilon (Ancient Greek: Τρώτιλον).[2]

  • Panorama
  • Lighthouse and castle
  • The castle of Brucoli
  • Saint Nicholas church

References

  1. [1]
    "The Village of Brucoli". Italia.Indettaglio.it. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. [2]
    Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War, § 6.4 (in Greek). Retrieved 11 March 2019.


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