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Rometta
Sign in to saveRometta (Sicilian: Ramietta) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina. It was the last bastion of Sicily controlled by the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium), and falling only in 965 to the Kalbids' Muslim army in the Siege of Rometta.
Rometta is a small municipality in Sicily, Italy, located between Palermo and Messina. It holds historical significance as the last Byzantine-controlled territory in Sicily, falling to Muslim forces in 965 CE after a notable siege.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Rometta
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Rometta
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Rometta drone.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Skyline
- Italian comune.region
- Sicily
- Italian comune.metropolitan_city
- Messina (ME)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Rometta Marea, Gimello, Mazzabruno, Santa Domenica, Rapano, San Cono, Sotto Castello, S. Andrea
- Italian comune.mayor
- Antonino Cirino
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 32.5
- Italian comune.population_total
- 6532
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 30 November 2012
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Romettesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 560
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Leo of Catania
- Italian comune.day
- 20 February
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 98043
- Italian comune.area_code
- 090
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- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Rometta
- Demonym
- romettesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Messina
- Population
- 6573
- Area
- 32.12
- Elevation
- 535
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Messina
- Official website
- www.comune.rometta.me.it
- Image
- Rometta 29 0ttobre 2011.jpg
- Dialing code
- 090
- Licence plate code
- ME
- Patron saint
- Leo of Catania
- Significant event
- Siege of Rometta
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Rometta (Sicilian: Ramietta) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina. It was the last bastion of Sicily controlled by the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium), and falling only in 965 to the Kalbids' Muslim army in the Siege of Rometta.
thumb|left|Some of the murals in Via Federico II di Svevia
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