Patù

Comune in Apulia, Italy
Patù
Páthos (Greek)
Comune
Comune di Patù
Coat of arms
Coat of arms
Location of Patù
Map
39°51′N 18°20′E / 39.850°N 18.333°E / 39.850; 18.333
CountryItaly
RegionApulia
ProvinceLecce (LE)
FrazioniFelloniche, Marina di San Gregorio
Government
 • MayorGabriele Abatarusso
Area
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 • Total8.54 km2 (3.30 sq mi)
Elevation
124 m (407 ft)
Population
 (9 October 2011)[2]
 • Total1,721
 • Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
DemonymPatuensi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
73053
Dialing code0833
Patron saintSt. Michael Archangel
Saint day24 June
WebsiteOfficial 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

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ Population from ISTAT
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Province of Lecce


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