Basicò

Basicò is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the region , located about 150 kilometres east of and about 45 kilometres southwest of . Basicò borders the following municipalities: , Tripi.
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  • Type: Village with 632 residents
  • Description: Italian comune
  • Also known as: Basico” and “Casalnuovo

Places of Interest

Highlights include Abacaenum.

Archaeological site
was an ancient city of Magna Graecia in , situated about 6.5 km from the north coast, between Tyndaris and Mylae, and 13 km from the former city. Remains of the city have been excavated from 2005. is situated 3½ km east of Basicò.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tesoriero and Novara di Sicilia.

Hamlet
is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km west of Basicò.

is a town in the Province of Messina in the region of . The village of , nestled in the mountains overlooking ancient Tyndaris and Abacaenum, is the archetype of a typical medieval town, with its friendly and accommodating people who speak a distinctive dialect.

Locality
The is a high plateau situated just north of in , , between the and Mountains. It is located within the boundaries of the communes of , Tripi, and , the latter of which was constructed on the site of the prehistoric . is situated 8 km south of Basicò.

Basicò

Latitude
38.06139° or 38° 3′ 41″ north
Longitude
15.06225° or 15° 3′ 44″ east
Population
632
Elevation
520 metres (1,706 feet)
Open location code
8FCQ3366+HV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 67255323
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2525588
Wiki­data ID
Q492625
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Basicò” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بازيكو
  • Armenian: Բազիկո
  • Basque: Basicò
  • Belarusian: Базіка
  • Breton: Basicò
  • Bulgarian: Базико
  • Catalan: Basicò
  • Cebuano: Basicò
  • Chechen: Базико
  • Chinese: Basicò
  • Chinese: 巴西科
  • Dutch: Basico
  • Dutch: Basicò
  • Esperanto: Basico
  • Esperanto: Basicò
  • French: Basico
  • French: Basicò
  • Georgian: ბაზიკო
  • German: Basico
  • German: Basicò
  • Hungarian: Basicò
  • Interlingua: Basicò
  • Irish: Basicò
  • Italian: Basicò
  • Japanese: Basicò
  • Japanese: バジコ
  • Japanese: バジコー
  • Kazakh: Bazïko
  • Kazakh: Базико
  • Kazakh: بازىيكو
  • Kirghiz: Базико
  • Kurdish: Basicò
  • Ladin: Basicò
  • Latin: Casalis Novus (Sicilia)
  • Latin: Casalis Novus
  • Lombard: Basicò
  • Malay: Basicò
  • Min Nan Chinese: Basicò
  • Neapolitan: Basicò
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Basicò
  • Persian: بازیکو
  • Persian: بازیو
  • Piemontese: Basicò
  • Polish: Basicò
  • Portuguese: Basicò
  • Romanian: Basicò
  • Russian: Базико
  • Serbian: Basicò
  • Serbian: Базико
  • Serbo-Croatian: Basicò, Messina
  • Serbo-Croatian: Basicò
  • Sicilian: Basicò
  • South Azerbaijani: بازیو
  • Spanish: Basico
  • Spanish: Basicò
  • Swedish: Basicò
  • Tagalog: Basicò
  • Tatar: Базико
  • Turkish: Basicò
  • Ukrainian: Базіко
  • Uzbek: Basico
  • Uzbek: Basicò
  • Uzbek: Baziko
  • Uzbek: Базико
  • Uzbek: Басиcò
  • Venetian: Basicò
  • Vietnamese: Basicò
  • Volapük: Basicò
  • Waray (Philippines): Basicò
  • Basicò

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