Place:San Giuseppe Jato, Sicilia, Italy

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NameSan Giuseppe Jato
Alt namesSiciliasource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Located inSicilia, Italy


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San Giuseppe Jato (Sicilian: 'San Giuseppi'; Latin: 'Iaetia') is a village in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in Sicily, southern Italy.

The village sits in a hilly region of Palermo's hinterland, from the Sicilian capital.

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The first inhabited centre in the area lies on top of the adjacent Mount Jato, dating back to prehistoric times, with influence of Greek culture from the 6th century BC. Known under the name of Iaitas in Greek sources and Ietas in Latin, this ancient village lived its most flourishing period in its history from the age of Islamic domination of Sicily to the Hohenstaufen one (c. 975–1246), when it was an important stronghold. It is believed that the last remnants of the original Muslim stronghold were demolished in 1246 by the troops of Frederick II of Sicily.

The modern village was founded in 1779 at the foot of Mount Jato. It was known simply as San Giuseppe, until 1864 when the suffix Jato was added to differentiate it from San Giuseppe Vesuviano, near Naples.

San Giuseppe Jato is the birthplace of Giovanni Brusca, a notorious mafioso who, in 1996, was arrested for the assassination of Judge Giovanni Falcone, a prominent Sicilian anti-mafia campaigner.

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