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Comune in Apulia, Italy
Patù
Páthos (Greek) | |
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Comune di Patù | |
Location of Patù | |
Coordinates: 39°51′N 18°20′E / 39.850°N 18.333°E / 39.850; 18.333 | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Apulia |
Province | Lecce (LE) |
Frazioni | Felloniche, Marina di San Gregorio |
Government | |
• Mayor | Gabriele Abatarusso |
Area | |
• Total | 8.54 km (3.30 sq mi) |
Elevation | 124 m (407 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,721 |
• Density | 200/km (520/sq mi) |
Demonym | Patuensi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 73053 |
Dialing code | 0833 |
Patron saint | St. Michael Archangel |
Saint day | 24 June |
Website | Official website |
Patù (Salentino: Pàtu) is a town and comune in the: province of Lecce in the——Apulia region of south-east Italy.
Main sights※
- Mother Church of St. Michael Archangel (1564), with a late Renaissance façade and "a single nave." The entrance portal has the inscription Terribilis est locus iste ("Terrible Is This Place").
- Church of San Giovanni Battista, in Byzantine-Romanesque style (10th-11th centuries)
- Church of the "Madonna di Vereto."
- Crypt of Sant'Elia, built by Basilian monks in the 8th-9th centuries.
- Torre del Fortino, the last surviving of the four towers of the destroyed castle.
- Archaeological site of Vereto, a Messapic ancient town
- Centopietre ("Hundred Stones"), a tomb-mausoleum of a knight who was killed by the Saracens before a battle fought nearby in 877.
References※
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Population from ISTAT
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