Capizzi
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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Capizzi
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| official_name = Comune di Capizzi
| image_skyline = Panorama_di_Capizzi.JPG
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| image_shield =File:Capizzi coat of arms.jpg
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| region = Sicily
| metropolitan_city = Messina (ME)
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| mayor = Giacomo Leonardo Purrazzo
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| elevation_m = 1100
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| area_total_km2 = 69.9
| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
| population_as_of = 1 January 2014
| population_total = 2284
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| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.capizzi.me.it/}}
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| coordinates = {{coord|37|51|N|14|29|E|type:city(3,452)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}
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| postal_code = 98031
| area_code = 0935
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Capizzi (Greek: {{lang|grc|Καπίτιον}}; Latin: Capitium) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about {{convert|100|km|mi}} southeast of Palermo and about {{convert|100|km|mi}} southwest of Messina.
Capizzi borders the following municipalities: Caronia, Cerami, Cesarò, Mistretta.
History
The origins of Capizzi are unclear, although certainly ancient. Capitium is mentioned by Cicero and Ptolemy, and appears from the former to have been a place of some importance. He mentions it in conjunction with Haluntium (modern San Marco d'Alunzio), Enguium (modern Gangi), and other towns in the northern part of the island, and Ptolemy enumerates it among the inland cities of Sicily. Its situation on the southern slope of the mountains of Caronia, about {{convert|26|km|mi}} from the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the same distance from Gangi (Enguium), accords well with the ancient indications.Cicero, in Verr. iii. 4. 3; Ptoemy. iii. 4. § 12; Cluverius Sicil.
References
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Category:Roman towns and cities in Italy
Category:Ancient cities in Sicily
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