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
Comune
Comune di Torregrotta
Location of Torregrotta
Torregrotta
Location of Torregrotta in Italy
Torregrotta
Torregrotta (Sicily)
Coordinates: 38°12′N 15°21′E
CountryItaly
RegionSicily
Metropolitan cityMessina (ME)
Government
 • MayorCorrado Ximone
Area
 • Total4.22 km2 (1.63 sq mi)
Elevation
44 m (144 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2014)[2]
 • Total7,449
 • Density1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Torresi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
98040
Dialing code090
Patron saintSaint Paulinus of Nola
Saint dayJune 22nd
WebsiteOfficial 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.

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References
  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. "Istat official population estimates". Retrieved 6 February 2013.



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