Patù

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Comune in Apulia, Italy

Patù

Páthos (Greek)

Comune

Comune di Patù

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Patù

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Patù

Patù (Apulia)

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Coordinates: 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

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• 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

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* 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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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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Apulia * Comuni of the Province of Lecce

* 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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