Mistretta

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Mistretta
coat of arms
Mistretta (Italy)
Mistretta
Country Italy
region Sicily
Metropolitan city Messina  (ME)
Local name Mistritta
Coordinates 37 ° 56 '  N , 14 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 55 '41 "  N , 14 ° 21' 40"  E
height 950  m slm
surface 126 km²
Residents 4,554 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 36 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 98073
prefix 0921
ISTAT number 083052
Popular name Mistrettesi
Patron saint San Sebastiano
Website Mistretta

Mistretta is a city in the metropolitan city of Messina in the Sicily region in Italy with 4554 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

The school

Mistretta is 144 km west of Messina . The inhabitants work mainly in agriculture, cattle breeding and handicrafts.

The neighboring municipalities are Capizzi , Caronia , Castel di Lucio , Cerami ( EN ), Nicosia ( EN ), Pettineo , Reitano and Santo Stefano di Camastra .

history

The place was called Amestratus in ancient times . The city developed in the Middle Ages. In 1101 the city was declared a county.

Attractions

  • Church of San Giovanni in Piazza dei Vespri, built in 1534
  • Parish church with a portal from 1494, inside a statue of Saint Luzia
  • Santa Caterina with a bell tower

event

Every year on September 8th there is a procession with two giant warriors in honor of the Madonna.

Sons of the city

Web links

Wiktionary: Amestratus  - explanations of meanings, word origins , synonyms, translations
Commons : Mistretta  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.