Villages

Pentedattilo: the village of the myth

Pentedattilo is the village of myth, where the beauty of nature that takes the form of five fingers of a cyclopean hand, unique in the world, is accompanied by atmospheres of ancient times, which tell the story of a flourishing colony of Chalcidese, founded in 640 and became, in Roman times, the strategic center of a military observatory overlooking the river S.Elia. Today it is a renowned village of relevant tourist interest, in the heart of the Greek area. Village of Melito Porto Salvo, every year is a privileged destination for religious tourism, which traces the history of San Gaetano Catanoso; for cultural tourism and popular traditions, through the review Paleariza and Pentedattilo Film Festival, annual appointment with short films. From an uninhabited village, which has fed stories, myths and legends, entrusted to popular tradition, today it stands as the center of reference, in the heart of the metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria, a Mediterranean landscape of enchanted visions, unique in the world for its unmistakable prerogatives.

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