Pazzano

Infobox CityIT
img_coa =Pazzano-Stemma.gif
official_name = Pazzano
region = Calabria
province = Reggio Calabria (RC)
elevation_m = 460
area_total_km2 = 15
population_total = 799
population_as_of =
population_density_km2 = 53
timezone = CET,|
UTC+1
coordinates = coord|38|29|N|16|27|E
frazioni =
telephone = 0964
postalcode = 89040
gentilic = Pazzanesi
saint = San Giuseppe
day = March 19
mayor = Salvatore Fiorenza (since April 5, 2005)
website = [http://www.comune.pazzano.rc.it/ Pazzano]

Pazzano is a village of 799 people located in Locride's region in the province of Reggio Calabria (Italy).

History

The first notice of Pazzano that is known dates to 1094 by a document.The town was born for mine extraction reasons.Until XX century, iron(by pyrite) were extracted in the zone of Pazzano, and moybdenum was extracted by the caves of Monte Stella and Monte Consolino.Pazzano became a Comune in 1811. The first major was Giuseppe Certomà.By Fifties of XX century the inhabitants begin the emigration to the north of Italy because of a lack of work and Pazzano's population drastically slowed down.In 1985 Pazzano was the subject of the movie-documentary Andata e Ritorno by film director Daniele Segre.By the 1980s the ecomuseum Ecomuseo delle ferriere e fonderie di Calabria (Ecomuseum of iron-foundry and foundry of Calabria) was created to attract tourism and develop industrial archeology to preserve and remember the past of a sidergic town.

Main sights

* Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo (Santa Maria's church)
* Santuario di Monte Stella (Monte Stella's Sanctuary)
* Old Mines
* Fontana Vecchia or Fontana dei minatori (Old Fountain or Miner's Fountain)

Important people

*Francesco Chiodo -painter
*Giuseppe Coniglio - Poet
*Libero Fiorenza
*Edoardo Pisani
*Adasaffo Sapere - Poet
*Luigi Sbarra
*Mario Squillace
*Cosimo Tassone
*Antonio Verdiglione
*Sandro Taverniti - Poet

Economy

The economy of Pazzano is largely based on agriculture and tourism.

The Sanctuary of Monte Stella is the prevalent tourist attraction drawing thousands of religious pilgrims from Italy and all around the world.

The village was founded due the presence of large iron deposits in the mountains, whose exploitation dates back to the time of the Greeks (magna grecia).

The mining of iron, limonite and pyrite dates back to the early 1000's and, during the reign of the 'Kingdom of Two Sicilies', it's 25 mines made Pazzano the most important mining centre in all of southern Italy.

Transport and streets

Pazzano is located on SS ('state road') 110, 15km from the coastal town of Monasterace Marina.There is a bus service, Federico, that links Pazzano with Reggio Calabria and the many towns in between: (Stilo, Caulonia, Gioiosa Jonica, Locri et al.). The nearest railway station is Monasterace Marina (15km).

Feast-days

* March 19 - Feast of San Giuseppe & procession. "ciciri e cannarozza"
* May 1 - Feast of Madonna Immacolata
* 1st Sunday of August - SS. Salvatore's feast
* 14 August-15 August - Pilgrimage to Madonna della Stella's sanctuary cave.
* 3 September-5 September - San Rocco's feast
* October 31 - "Mbeati muorti"'s feast

Foods

Pazzano's foods are typical of Calabria:

*"Pasta e casa" (Home made pasta).
*Ragù ('sucu') cooked with goat ('crapa') meat.
*Tripe ('trippa') and potatoes
*Melanzane ('malangiani') ripiene (stuffed aubergine/egg-plant)
*'Pipi Chini' (stuffed capsicum)
*Zippoli
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=WyUMgISOT_E Zippoli (Part 1) - YouTube]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=y4u6YbfE17E Zippoli (Part 2) - YouTube]
*Typical sweets are "pitta di San Martino" and the "cuzzupe"

Rural districts of Pazzano

*Argastili
*Becara
*Castijjuni, Ca'urà, Chianu 'a Janta,Chianu de Bbarracchi, Cordeda,Cuturi
*Foss'a Bruca
*Grappidà
*Harciali, Hjateria,Hjcareda,Humusu
*Jenidangiulu, Judariu
*Livareda, Lucariedu,Luonia
*Malijicchi, Mandaranu,Manili, Margadisu, Mortida, Mila
*Nucitu
*Praca
*Ruvatti
*Sant'angiulu,Sciorna, Sciuppatu,Sparacarusu, Sutt'a grutta
*Tramuntana, Tizzana
*Vigniceda
*Zzopà

Image gallery

Link related

*Vallata dello Stilaro Allaro
*Ecomuseo delle ferriere e fonderie di Calabria
*Andata e ritorno

External links

* [http://www.pazzano.com/index.htm New site of Comune di Pazzano (2006)]
* [http://digilander.libero.it/crgppazzano/index.htm Circolo ricreativo culturale giovanile pazzanese]
* [http://digilander.libero.it/crgppazzano/storia.htm Pazzano's history (italian site)]
* [http://web.tiscali.it/stilaroallaro/ Comunità montana Stilaro Allaro]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=LlUoGLIKiXo Dialetto - 'u tripu da cona' on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kAB3sxO0Fs "Cunfrunti"1 (Feast of Saint Salvatore)on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTCaVla5oVU "Cunfrunti"2 (Feast of Saint Salvatore)on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uGpp81HUxQ Pazzanese proverb - YouTube]