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In the area corresponding to the current municipal area, the following ancient settlements were identified:
Settlement and necropolis of the Bronze Age and Iron Age, in Maloto locality.
Settlement and necropolis, from around the 10th century BC, in Pizzo Lando.
Settlement and necropolis of ancient Greek or Hellenistic times, assigned to 8th century BC, in Oliveto locality.
Settlement and necropolis ofSicani/Greek origins, dating from around the 6th and 5th centuries BC, in Sant'Onofrio locality.
In 265 BC, the Battle of Longano, between the army ofHiero II of Syracuse and theMamertines under the command of the leaderCione, took place in this area. The exact assignment of the place in the absence of identifiable cause remains earthquakes, floods, or diversion of water courses. There are several hypotheses that place the event along the courses of the rivers bordering the "Mela" or "Patrì", and other in the vicinity of the mythical city "Longane" (Rodì Milici) or "Abacena" (Tripi), however settlements related to the same conflict.
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto lies in the plain that slopes to the north close to the lush hills and the chain ofPeloritani mountains, overlooking the Gulf ofPatti in theTyrrhenian Sea on the part near theAeolian Islands in a portion of coast between the Milazzo peninsula to the east and to the west promontory of Tindari.
The most credible hypothesis for the derivation of its name is that it was derived during the era of rule by theKingdom of Aragon (1282–1516). It is likely the first rulers of the town came from theCounty of Barcelona.
The oldest part of the town, Pozzo di Gotto, owes its name to the digging of a well for irrigation in cultivated lands located between the rivers Idria and Longano, belonging to Nicholas Goto as described inVulgar Latin in a document dated 1463: " ... Nicolao de Gotho, ..., in quo Puzzo de Gotho ...". In 1571 Pozzogottesi obtained from the Grand Court of the Archbishop of Messina permission to elect their chaplain stationed in San Vito no longer dependant on the Archpriest of Milazzo. The Spanish Viceroy removed Pozzo di Gotto from the under the jurisdiction of Milazzo on 22 May 1639, and ratified by royal during the reign ofPhilip IV of Spain, and the town assumes the title "Libera et Realis Civitas Putei de Gotho". The village in the west of the river Longano in turn under the jurisdiction ofCastroreale and had already followed the example of the neighboring community, rebelling against the jurorscastrensian doing in the Church to recognize its independence.[clarification needed] Notarial deeds dating back to 1522 in Castroreale report the name of the district or hamlet of "Barsalona", a name likely to be attributed to the presence in the baptismal books of Pozzo di Gotto the name of "Graziosa Barsalona", on the other hand is supported the thesis that the name of the location has been given by Iberian sailors having recognizing the remarkable similarity of the two territories.
The autonomy of the village of Barcellona was accepted by theSicilian Parliament, recognized by the King on 15 May 1815 and ratified inVienna 28 February 1823, by KingFerdinand I of the Two Sicilies. The administrative union decreed 5 January 1835, comes into force on 1 June 1836 at the behest of KingFerdinand II of the Two Sicilies, deciding that the new municipality formed by the merger of the two ancient districts bore the full name of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto. Are discarded by the King all the advanced options of names derived from the word "Longano", receiving the unanimous appreciation, on the other hand the initial goodwill will turn into hatred and resentment towards the monarch as a result of criminal actions undertaken throughout the province, especially in Milazzo and Messina, which earned him the nickname of "King Bomb". The city soon established covered a certain role with significant contributions to the definitive expulsion of theHouse of Bourbon from the province and the whole of Sicily and increasingly effective input in all the events included in the process of unification of constitutingKingdom of Italy.
As of 2025, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto has a population of 39,778, of whom 49.0% are male and 51.0% are female. Minors make up 16.3% of the population, and seniors make up 22.9%, compared to the Italian average of 14.9% and 24.7% respectively.[2]
As of 2024, the foreign-born population is 3,515, equal to 8.8% of the population. The 5 largest foreign nationalities areAlbanians (565),Moroccans (511),Romanians (368),Swiss (320) andArgentinians (214).[5]
The procession of Varette which takes place onGood Friday, and at the same time two processions consist of twenty-six Vare depicting the mysteries of the Passion parade through the streets of the city.
Cave of Saint Venera, fiefdom of theBasilians, rock temple with a square plan and octagonal dome. Armenian - Byzantine origin from the 7th – 8th century.[6]
1776 - 1791, Church of Saint Mary of Tindari and monastery of the Basilian order. It replaces the old seat of the Basilians near Gala, re-founded in 1105 by Countess Adelaide, wife of the Grand Count Roger, dedicated to the "Madonna Galaktotrophousa" or "Madonna breastfeeding the Child" or Panaghia Galaktotrophousa.[7]
1750, Church of the Immaculate Conception.
18th century, Church of Saint Rosalia.
1472 - 1571, Church of Saint Vitus.
1472 - 1663, Oratory of Purgative Souls, near Saint Vitus church.
1955 - 1959, Church of Saint Mary of Visitazion, Centineo.
^Pagina 161. Giovanni Andrea Massa,"La Sicilia in prospettiva. Parte prima, cioè il Mongibello, e gli altri..."[1]Archived 2016-08-06 at theWayback Machine, Stamperia di Francesco Chicè, Palermo, 1709.
^Pagina 543,Tommaso Fazello, "Della storia di Sicilia deche due del r.p.m. Tommaso Fazello siciliano..."[2]Archived 2015-10-01 at theWayback Machine, Giuseppe Assenzio, Palermo, 1817.
