Savoca

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Comune di Savoca
Coat of arms of Comune di Savoca
Municipal coat of arms

Location of Savoca in Italy
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Sicily
Province Province of Messina (ME)
Mayor Antonino Bartolotta (since May 28, 2002)
Elevation 330 m (1,083 ft)
Area 8.8 km² (3 sq mi)
Population (as of Dec. 2004)
 - Total 1,661
 - Density 189/km² (490/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 37°57′N, 15°20′E
Gentilic Savocesi
Dialing code 0942
Postal code 98038
Website: www.comunedisavoca.it
Church of St. Nicolò.
Church of St. Nicolò.

Savoca is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 170 km east of Palermo and about 30 km southwest of Messina.

Savoca borders the following municipalities: Casalvecchio Siculo, Forza d'Agrò, Furci Siculo, Sant'Alessio Siculo, Santa Teresa di Riva.

The town, together with Forza d'Agrò, was the location for the scenes set in Corleone of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather. Bar Vitelli in Savoca, which is still a functioning establishment, was featured in the motion picture as the place where Michael Corleone asked Apollonia's father to meet his daughter.

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