Cradle of ancient cultures, territory guarding an immense and precious natural heritage. Extreme border of Italy, the main gateway between two continents: Europe and Africa. It is Pachino, a land sung by Virgil in the Aeneid and by Dante in the Divine Comedy, but which still has so much to tell, which never ceases to amaze those who are furious for the first time. A young city (1760 is the foundation date) whose history is linked to a double plot with the neighboring island of Malta, from which some of the first family units come, and with the Starrabba family: Vincenzo and Gaetano, founders, and the Marquis Antonio, former president of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Italy and father of Alessandrina, known for having kidnapped Gabriele D'Annunzio's heart. Pachino was also the birthplace of Vitaliano Brancati, an important writer of the 20th century in Italy. Pearl in the middle of the Mediterranean, mother of breathtaking sunsets, good wine, tomato and fish, Pachino is "cradled", on the side of the coast and for 8 kilometers, from the golden beaches of Marzamemi, Cavettone, Vulpiglia, Morghella, on the Ionian coast and Carratois, Punta delle Formiche, Costa dell'Ambra, Tanneries, Scarpitta, Chiappa and Granelli, on the Mediterranean coast and from the hinterland to the natural oasis of Vendicari and the Pantani of south-eastern Sicily: large pools of water that alternate with intense vegetation and karst caves. The crystalline waters of the extreme limb of Sicily are sought after tourist destinations both for the underwater archaeological heritage, which boasts numerous sunken sites of high interest, and for surf enthusiasts, thanks to the currents caused by the "embrace" between the Ionian and Channel of Sicily.
Municipality of Pachino
- Population: 184 to (30-9-2015)
- Town Hall: Via XXV Luglio 96018 Pachino (SR) http://www.comune.pachino.sr.it/
- Altitude: 65 ml.m. (Town center)
- Extension: 50.98km²
- Current mayor: Roberto Bruno
- Municipal phone number: 0931 803111
- Municipal Library: 0931 596097
