Torregrotta
Torregrotta (Sicilian: Turri) is a small town and municipality (comune) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 170 kilometres (110 mi) east of Palermo and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Messina.
Torregrotta | |
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| Comune di Torregrotta | |
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Location of Torregrotta 
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| Coordinates: 38°12′N 15°21′E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Metropolitan city | Messina (ME) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Corrado Ximone |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.22 km2 (1.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 44 m (144 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2014)[2] | |
| • Total | 7,449 |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Torresi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 98040 |
| Dialing code | 090 |
| Patron saint | Saint Paulinus of Nola |
| Saint day | June 22nd |
| Website | Official website |
It is the twelfth most populous municipality in the Metropolitan City and the most densely populated.
The built-up area, located at 44 m a.s.l. in the Niceto valley, it stretches between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the first Peloritani mountains.
Originally built in medieval times as a farmhouse of the Santa Maria della Scala fief, after a period of neglect, it was rebuilt since 1526 and, at the beginning of the 19th century, it became a sub-municipality of Roccavaldina from which it obtained administrative autonomy in 1923. The sixteenth-century nucleus extended above all since the second half of the nineteenth century.
Center historically linked to agriculture, origin place of sbergia, Torregrotta has lost the traditional agricultural vocation in favor of tertiary sector. Clay extraction and transformation industry had a certain impulse in the twentieth century, almost completely ending in the 2000s. Medium and small craft enterprises prevail.
Transport
Torregrotta is served by the Torregrotta railway station which has regular connections to Palermo, Messina and to the main towns of the northern coast of Sicily. Services are provided by Trenitalia.
References
- "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- "Istat official population estimates". Retrieved 6 February 2013.
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