Melito di Porto Salvo

Melito di Porto Salvo
Country	Italy
region	Calabria
Metropolitan city	Reggio Calabria  (RC)
Coordinates	37 ° 55 '  N , 15 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 55 '0 "  N , 15 ° 47' 0"  E
height	28  m slm
surface	35 km²
Residents	10,941 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	313 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	89063
prefix	0965
ISTAT number	080050
Popular name	Melitesi
Patron saint	Madonna di Porto Salvo

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Melito di Porto Salvo is an Italian city in the metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria in Calabria with 10,941 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Melito di Porto Salvo is located 32 km southeast of Reggio Calabria on the southern tip of Calabria. The neighboring municipalities are Montebello Ionico , Roghudi and San Lorenzo . The place consists of the districts Prunella, Lacco, Annà, Musa, Pentedattilo , Pilati, Pallica, Lembo, San Leonardo, Musupuniti.

The place is a center for tourism with its own tourist office.

Attractions

In the district of Pentedattilo there are ruins of a castle from the Middle Ages. This castle was rebuilt in the 16th century. There are other buildings from the Middle Ages to see, such as a church from 1564 and the ruins of a Dominican monastery. The place was abandoned due to the risk of earthquakes.

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  Pentedattilo

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  Remains of the Pentedattilo Castle

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  View to the church

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  Church interior 2016

Pentedattilo

Pentedattilo ( Italian still Pentidattilo, Calabrian Greek : Pentadàktilo) is an old and once deserted district of Melito di Porto Salvo. Until 1811 the settlement was an independent municipality.

Pentedattilo is 250 meters above sea level. The settlement was founded around 640 BC. Built on the Calvary (Italian: Monte Calvario) at the foot of the characteristic rock, which resembles a giant hand with five fingers, and from which it owes its name ( ancient Greek pénte dáktyloi , five fingers). From there, the Ionian Sea , Sicily and the nearby Etna volcano can be seen. In the beginning Pentedattilo was a colony of Chalcis , during the Greek colonization of southern Italy ( Magna Graecia ) and during the time of the Roman Republic an important political, economic, military and religious center.

Media attention

In February 2017, it became known that a girl from the village had been raped for years by the local mafia gang. Apparently, many local residents knew about the acts of violence, which occurred several times a week, but looked away for fear of the mafia. International media reported on the case.

Web links

Commons : Melito di Porto Salvo  - 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.
2. ↑ report at stern.de