Pazzano

Pazzano
Comune
Comune di Pazzano

Panorama of Pazzano

Coat of arms

Pazzano, urban area
Pazzano

Location of Pazzano in Italy

Coordinates: 38°29′N 16°27′E / 38.483°N 16.450°E / 38.483; 16.450
Country Italy
Region Calabria
Province / Metropolitan city Reggio Calabria (RC)
Government
  Mayor Salvatore Fiorenza (since April 5, 2005)
Area
  Total 15 km2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation 460 m (1,510 ft)
Population [1]
  Total 799
  Density 53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Pazzanesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 89040
Dialing code 0964
Patron saint St. Joseph
Saint day March 19
Website Official website

Pazzano is a village and comune located in Locride's region in the province of Reggio Calabria (Calabria, southern Italy).

History

Pazzano in 1965.

The first known mention of Pazzano dates to a 1094 document. The town was founded as a minerary center for the exploitation of iron (by pyrite and limonite) and molybdenum (the latter in caves of Monte Stella and Monte Consolino) deposits. During the period of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, its 25 mines made Pazzano the most important mining centre in all of southern Italy. The minerals were processed at Reali ferriere ed Officine di Mongiana in Mongiana.

Pazzano became a comune in 1811. Minerary activities lasted until the 20th century. During the 1950s, the inhabitants began to emigrate to northern Italy, and Pazzano's population drastically reduced.

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By the 1980s the ecomuseum Ecomuseo delle ferriere e fonderie di Calabria (Ecomuseum of iron-foundry and foundry of Calabria) was to preserve and remember the industrial archaeology of the town. QuickiWiki Look Up

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Main sights

  • Principe Ereditario (Settecento)
  • Carolina (Settecento)
  • S. Ferdinando (Settecento)
  • Regina
  • Noceto
  • Scolo
  • Galleria Italia
  • Galleria Piave
  • Galleria Acqua Calda
  • Contrì
  • San Giuseppe
  • R. Principe
  • Colle di Banno
  • Lucarello
  • S. Maria
  • Perrone
  • Gotto
  • perronello
  • Clementina
  • Clementina II
  • San Carlo
  • San Nicola
  • Campoli
  • Garibaldi
  • San Luigi
  • Grotta Nuova
  • Provvisoria
  • Regina ribasso
  • Melichicchi
  • Umberto I

Notable people

Economy

Mines blocked entrance
olive grove
Madonna della stella Statue

In the past Pazzano has got an industrial activity related with Reali Ferriere di Mongiana, people who worked in the field in spring and summer period on winter worked in the iron mines. The subsistence agriculture produce olive oil, wine, grain, cheese, vegetables like eggplants, tomatoes, chicory, zucchini, beans and chickpeas, fruit like oranges, figs and pears. There was also limestone quarries, hydraulic mills and a homemade of dress production. The SS110 road has been paved for the first time in the 1950s by pazzano's entrepreneurs from Monasterace Marina to Serra San Bruno.

From the 1957 up to 1975 Pazzano was headquaurters of transport truck company Sabatino Salvatore & figli (after moved at Stilo). In the 1960s there were much more than 60 commercial activities among hairdressers, tailors, shoemakers, bar owners, drugstores... The 1960s was also the period when started southern emigration to Italian northern cities and year by year all the activities was closed.

Today

The economy of Pazzano now is largely based on agriculture: olive oil production, fruit harvesting and religious tourism. In the last years there are some attempts in Vallata dello Stilaro and Serre calabresi to increase natural tourism with the creation of the near Parco naturale regionale delle Serre (Serre's park) and archeological industrial tourism with the ecomuseum creation of Ecomuseo delle ferriere e fonderie di Calabria and the building Museo della cultura mineraria (mine culture museum) in Pazzano.

Transportation

Pazzano is located on the SS 110 state road, 15 kilometres (9 mi) from the coastal town of Monasterace Marina.

There is a bus service, Federico, that links Pazzano with Reggio Calabria and several other towns including Stilo, Caulonia, Gioiosa Ionica and Locri. The nearest railway station is Monasterace Marina (15 km).

Administration

Pazzano's Town hall

Italian republic period

Sindaco (Mayor) Party Election day
Francesco Fiorenza 1943
Emilio Amato 1944
Rocco Micelotta 1946
Remo Taverniti 1954
Libero Taverniti 1961
Ilario Papello 1965
Francesco Russo 1969
Stefano Zannino 1971
Francesco Zannino 1973
Francesco Zannino 1978
Salvatore Fiorenza 1984
Salvatore Tassone 1986
Salvatore Tassone 1990
Salvatore Zannino Lista civica 1996
Salvatore Zannino Lista civica 05/04/2000
Salvatore Fiorenza Lista civica 05/04/2005
Franco Depace Lista civica 29/03/2010
Alessandro Taverniti Lista civica 31/05/2015

Feast-days

A cumprunta (2000)

Food

Sweets in Stilaro valley

Pazzano's food is typical of Calabria, and includes:

See also

References

  1. All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
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