Patù

Patù (Salentino: Pàtu) is a town and comune in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy.

Patù Páthos (Greek)
Comune
Comune di Patù
Coat of arms
Location of Patù
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Coordinates: 39°51′N 18°20′E
Country	Italy
Region	Apulia
Province	Lecce (LE)
Frazioni	Felloniche, Marina di San Gregorio
Government
• Mayor	Gabriele Abatarusso
Area [1]
• 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

Main sights

• 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.