MessinaCasalvecchio Siculo.
The originai nucleus of this small town was an ancient hamlet, possibly dating from before the Byzantine domination; under the Arabs it took the name of Calatabieth. From the 9th to the 18th c. it belonged to the fief of SAvoca. From 1928 until 1939 it was a ward of Santa Teresa di Riva.

The baroque Chiesa Madre, dedicated to Santo Onofrio, stands in a fine panoramic position overlooking the Strait of Messina; it was altered in the 18th c., when the great portal was added; the geometrical pattemed marble floor and the lacunar ceiling are original. A little museum has been set up in a building attached to the church, with some religious works and a number of tools and instruments used by the farmers. Notfaraway, near the torrent Agro’, stands one of the most interesting monuments of the religious architecture of the early Norman period: the Basilian church of Saints Peter and Paul of Agro’. Monumental, almost an example of fortified architecture, and divided into a nave and two aisles, it possesses two cupolas, one over the nave and the other in the transept. The esternal decoration is very fine, with interlaced arches and a clevere use of tufa and lava stone, which blend together in nuances of colour of very picturesque effect.