Our town pachino

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3. HISTORY OF PACHINO
Pachino was founded in 1760
by the nobles Starraba, princes
of Giardinelli and marquises
of Rudini, on the hill of the
feud of Scibini, where a
preexisting tower was built in
1494.

6. Promontorium Pachyni
It was inhabited
from the earliest
prehistoric times,
although these
attendances are
not many
testimonials

8. Cugni
archaeological
area

9. Cugni archaeological
area

10. Grotta Calafarina is believed to have been inhabited since the Mesolithic period.

11. Cugni archaeological area

12. Cugni archaeological area

13. Cugni archaeological area

14. Dominations Promontorium Pachyni
In 750 BC, the ancient territory of Pachino was inhabited by the
Phoenicians, the Punics, and the Greeks.
Phoenicians

15. Dominations Promontorium Pachyni
Punics

16. Greeks
Dominations Promontorium Pachyni

17. The Romans developed
agriculture, and particularly
the cultivation of grapes and
wheat.
Dominations Promontorium Pachyni

18. Dominations Promontorium Pachyni
The Arabs did not impose a unitary kingdom but divided Sicily into
three large administrative districts:
-the Val di Mazara which included the central-western part
-the Demon Valley that included the north-eastern part
-the Val di Noto for the southern part.
Arabs
Pachino

19. Slaughter

20. Dominations Promontorium Pachyni
From 1583 to 1714, born in Sicily a hundred new feudal lands.
Feud Maucini Pachino

21. Farmhouse fiefdom of burgio/Pachino

22. THE BIRTH OF PACHINO
The story of current Pachino
begins in 1734 when the Prince
Starrabba of Piazza Armerina,
owners of estates Scibini and
Bimmisca, decided to reside in
the territory to better care their
interests

26. Pachino is situated in the south-east corner of Sicily, it is
between Mediterranean sea and Ionian sea.

29. Pachino developed
following a regular grid
model with a large square
in the center that occupies
the place of four blocks.

30. Church of the Holy Crucifix

31. Church of the Holy Crucifix

32. Tasca Palace

34. Marzamemi
It is a seaside village near Pachino

36. Pachino produces high-quality
wine, such as Nero d’Avola and
fruit and vegetables, especially
cherry tomatoes of Pachino
(IGP) exported around the
world.

38. ‘’L’Inverdurata’’ is a typical event in Pachino.
It is a mosaic of vegetables put on a main
road of Pachino’s city centre

40. Pachino hosts the ‘’Festival of cinema of the Frontier’’, which
takes place in the main square of Marzamemi, with screenings
of films and short films from different parts of the word.

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MADE BY STUDENTS OF CLASS 1 G