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Santa Domenica Vittoria

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Country
  
Italy

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Messina (ME)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
19 km²

Province
  
Province of Messina

Region
  
Sicily

Elevation
  
1,080 m (3,540 ft)

Dialing code
  
095

Local time
  
Wednesday 12:29 AM

Postal code
  
98030

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Weather
  
7°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 61% Humidity

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Santa Domenica Vittoria (Sicilian: Santa Dumìnica) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy. It is situated 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Randazzo in the Nebrodi Mountains Range. It is 1,080 metres (3,540 ft) above sea level and has views over all of the northern Etna Valley. Although the town is in the Metropolitan City of Messina it takes the telephone prefix for the Metropolitan City of Catania as it is on the border between the two entities.

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Map of 98030 Santa Domenica Vittoria Province of Messina, Italy

The comune borders the following municipalities: Floresta, Montalbano Elicona, Randazzo, and Roccella Valdemone.

Santa Domenica Vittoria is named after a Calabrian saint, who was a victim of the Roman persecution of Christians under Diocletian.

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Festival

The main folklore event in the town is the Feast of St. Anthony, the town's patron. The actual feast day is 17 January, but given the cold winters that are usually accompanied by heavy snow and below freezing conditions, it is celebrated on the first Sunday of September.

Before the day of celebrations there are seven days of prayer in the local church. On the day of the feast many of the men of the town dress in white and carry a statue of St Anthony in a procession through every street of town and the townspeople traditionally pin money to the statue as it passes by their balconies. The day ends with a fireworks display and a party in the town's main piazza.

References

Santa Domenica Vittoria Wikipedia