Rufo Ruffo Castle

Rufo Ruffo Castle is a castle in Scaletta Zanclea, Messina, Sicily. Rufo Ruffo Castle is situated nearby to the hamlet Guidomandri, as well as near the village Giampilieri Superiore.

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Type: Castle
Description: castle in Scaletta Zanclea, Italy
Also known as: “Castle (Scaletta Zanclea)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Giampilieri railway station and Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Itala.

Giampilieri railway station

Railway station

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Giampilieri Station is a railway station on the Messina-Syracuse line. It serves the town of Giampilieri Marina, a hamlet in the municipality of Messina. Giampilieri railway station is situated 2 km northeast of Rufo Ruffo Castle.

Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Itala

Church

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Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Itala is situated 2½ km west of Rufo Ruffo Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Guidomandri and Giampilieri Superiore.

Guidomandri

Hamlet

Guidomandri was a comune in Sicily; in 1928, it was incorporated as a frazione into the modern-day comune Scaletta Zanclea. During the 2009 Messina floods and mudslides, Guidomandri was particularly affected.

Giampilieri Superiore

Village

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Giampilieri Superiore is a frazione of the comune of Messina in the Province of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy. It stands at an elevation of 75 metres above sea level. At the time of the Istat census of 2001, it had 1800 inhabitants.