Brancaleone, Calabria

Brancaleone is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio Calabria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,923 and an area of .
Brancaleone borders the following municipalities: Bruzzano Zeffirio, Palizzi, Staiti.
Famed Italian poet and novelist Cesare Pavese was exiled here in 1935. Portions of his novel "The Moon and the Bonfires" refer to his time spent here.