Brucoli

Brucoli
Brucoli
Brucoli
Location of Brucoli in Italy
Coordinates: 37°17′3″N 15°11′16″E / 37.28417°N 15.18778°E / 37.28417; 15.18778
CountryItaly
Region Sicily
ProvinceSyracuse (SR)
ComuneAugusta
Elevation
4 m (13 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
1,098
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
96011
Dialing code(+39) 0931

Brucoli (Sicilian: Brùculi) is a southern Italian hamlet (frazione) of Augusta, a municipality part of the Province of Syracuse, Sicily.

Brucoli is located by the Ionian Sea coast of the island of Sicily and is 6.25 kilometres (3.88 mi) from Augusta. It has a population of 1,098.

At the ancient time, it was a colony of Megara founded by the Megarian Lamis (Ancient Greek: Λάμις) in Magna Graecia and called Trotilon (Ancient Greek: Τρώτιλον).