Pettineo

Pettineo
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Metropolitan city	Messina  (ME)
Local name	Pittineu
Coordinates	37 ° 58 '  N , 14 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 58 '1 "  N , 14 ° 17' 34"  E
surface	30 km²
Residents	1,274 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	42 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	98070
prefix	0921
ISTAT number	083067
Popular name	Pettinesi
Patron saint	Sant'Oliva (May 5th)
Website	Pettineo

Pettineo is a city in the metropolitan city of Messina in the Sicily region in Italy with 1274 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Panorama of Pettineo

Location and dates

Pettineo is 166 km west of Messina and 97 km east of Palermo at the foot of Monte San Cuono in the Valle dell'Halaesa ( Halaesa or Alesa valley). The residents mainly work in agriculture. The nearest motorway junction is Tusa on the A20 autostrada and is 11 km from Pettineo.

The neighboring municipalities are: Castel di Lucio , Mistretta , Motta d'Affermo , Reitano , San Mauro Castelverde ( PA ) and Tusa .

history

Panorama of Pettineo with the ruins of the Migaido

In 1170 the Paternò family was enfeoffed with Pettineo, in the 13th century Manfred of Sicily subordinated the place, at that time still under the name Casale Pectineum , Manfredi Maletta. After the Sicilian Vespers , Frederick II of Aragon gave the place into the hands of Alanfranco di San Basilio. In 1332 the community passed to the county of Geraci Siculo . In the first years of the 14th century a castrum was created around the small group of houses (Casale) . In the 15th century, the Migaido was built, a fortification whose thirteen meter high tower still exists today as a ruin. In the 20th century, the place suffered from severe emigration . While at the beginning of the century there were still more than 3,000 inhabitants in the village, today there are only less than half.

Attractions

Chiesa di Sant'Oliva

• Chiesa di Sant'Oliva , the church named in honor of the local patroness
• Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie , church from the 16th century,
• Chiesa di San Sebastiano , church from the 16th century
• Chiesa di San Nicola lo Proto , also called La porticella , the oldest church in the town, was built in the 14th century, probably around 1329. Initially named after Santo Stefano and now also called Chiesa del Crocifisso .
• Chiesa Matrice , the main church of the village, built between 1560 and 1579. It was consecrated in 1579 by the Archbishop of the Diocese of Cefalù , Ottaviano Preconio. Contains sculptures by Giacomo Gaggini from 1597.

literature

• Angelo Pettineo, Camillo Filangeri: Pettineo: La storia nella storia , Bagheria 2007

Web links

Commons : Pettineo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Pettineo (Italian)
• Information at vallehalaesa.com (Italian)

Individual evidence

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