Patù
Comune in Apulia, Italy
Patù Páthos (Greek) | |
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Comune | |
Comune di Patù | |
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Location of Patù ![]() | |
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 [1] | |
• Total | 8.54 km2 (3.30 sq mi) |
Elevation | 124 m (407 ft) |
Population (9 October 2011)[2] | |
• Total | 1,721 |
• Density | 200/km2 (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
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- Acquarica del Capo
- Alessano
- Alezio
- Alliste
- Andrano
- Aradeo
- Arnesano
- Bagnolo del Salento
- Botrugno
- Calimera
- Campi Salentina
- Cannole
- Caprarica di Lecce
- Carmiano
- Carpignano Salentino
- Casarano
- Castri di Lecce
- Castrignano de' Greci
- Castrignano del Capo
- Castro
- Cavallino
- Collepasso
- Copertino
- Corigliano d'Otranto
- Corsano
- Cursi
- Cutrofiano
- Diso
- Gagliano del Capo
- Galatina
- Galatone
- Gallipoli
- Giuggianello
- Giurdignano
- Guagnano
- Lecce
- Lequile
- Leverano
- Lizzanello
- Maglie
- Martano
- Martignano
- Matino
- Melendugno
- Melissano
- Melpignano
- Miggiano
- Minervino di Lecce
- Monteroni di Lecce
- Montesano Salentino
- Morciano di Leuca
- Muro Leccese
- Nardò
- Neviano
- Nociglia
- Novoli
- Ortelle
- Otranto
- Palmariggi
- Parabita
- Patù
- Poggiardo
- Porto Cesareo
- Presicce
- Racale
- Ruffano
- Salice Salentino
- Salve
- San Cassiano
- San Cesario di Lecce
- San Donato di Lecce
- San Pietro in Lama
- Sanarica
- Sannicola
- Santa Cesarea Terme
- Scorrano
- Seclì
- Sogliano Cavour
- Soleto
- Specchia
- Spongano
- Squinzano
- Sternatia
- Supersano
- Surano
- Surbo
- Taurisano
- Taviano
- Tiggiano
- Trepuzzi
- Tricase
- Tuglie
- Ugento
- Uggiano la Chiesa
- Veglie
- Vernole
- Zollino
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