Ruffo Castle in Scilla, province of Reggio Calabria, region of Calabria, southern Italy, opposite Sicily across the Messina Straits.

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Scilla (Greek: Skylla) is a town in Calabria, Italy, administratively part of the Province of Reggio Calabria. Traditionally, but perhaps erroneously, it is known as the site of the sea monster Scylla In Homer’s “The Odyssey”. Scylla, a woman turned into a six-headed monster by Cerce who was jealous of her beauty, and Charybdis preyed on ships passing through the Strait of Messina 22 kilometres away; they sank the vessels and ate the sailors. Destroyed by earthquake in 1908. Above the beach, on a rocky outcrop, stands Ruffo Castle, built by the Dukes of Calabria. Patron saint: San Rocco. Population: 5,000

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Location: Ruffo Castle, Scilla, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy
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