Patù

Patù
Páthos (Greek)
Comune
Comune di Patù
Coat of arms
Coat of arms
Location of Patù
Map
Patù is located in Italy
Patù
Patù
Location of Patù in Italy
Patù is located in Apulia
Patù
Patù
Patù (Apulia)
Coordinates: 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
[1]
 • 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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