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Mathi

Province: Turin · Region: Piedmont · Population: 3,985 · Postal code: 10075

Opinions on the name differ. Canon Felice Assalto looked at where the village sits in relation to the valleys: it lies eastward, that is towards the morning, hence Matti. Another idea takes it from the Greek mathetés, scholar or disciple, perhaps because of the Benedictines' teaching: from the Lombard Matingo came Mateis, then Maty and Mati, and finally Mathi, whose h recalls the Greek theta, written th in Latin.

From 1939 to 1959 the comune was spelled Mati, without the h, then took its old name back. There has been a paper mill here for nearly two centuries: on the founder's death his widow sold it to don Giovanni Bosco for a hundred thousand lire, and he built it up again.

The Mathi guide

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Events & festivals 1

Next up: Saint Maurus, patron of the town whose Carnival was revived in 2017, Friday 15 January

Getting there

Nearest airport: Torino Caselle, 11 km away

🎉 Festivals and feasts in Mathi 1

Patron saint festival In 92 days

Saint Maurus, patron of the town whose Carnival was revived in 2017

📅 Every year, on 15 January, with a procession through the town's streets; the Mathi Carnival is among the largest in the area

Mathi celebrates Saint Maurus on 15 January, with a religious procession in which the patron's statue is carried through the town's streets, accompanied by songs and prayers; the Mathi Carnival, among the largest in the area, suspended in 2013 for lack of funds, was revived in 2017 with a new organising committee.

What's around

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Near Mathi

The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.

Grosso Grosso Turin · 1 km Balangero Balangero Turin · 3 km Nole Nole Turin · 3 km Villanova Canavese Villanova Canavese Turin · 3 km Cafasse Cafasse Turin · 3 km Lanzo Torinese Lanzo Torinese Turin · 5 km

Places to see within 25 km

Outside Mathi, but an easy day trip away.

tomba del Tuffatore 📍 Capaccio Paestum · 14 km The only Greek painting of the classical age to survive: a man diving into space. Paestum 📍 Capaccio Paestum · 16 km Three names and a single ending: the Greek city that the water slowly ate. Temples of Paestum 📍 Capaccio Paestum · 19 km Three Doric temples standing since the sixth century BCE, and the Tomb of the Diver. Museo archeologico nazionale di Paestum 📍 Capaccio Paestum · 16 km The temples' museum, with the Tomb of the Diver and the metopes of Hera's sanctuary. Tempio di Nettuno 📍 Capaccio Paestum · 16 km The almost complete Doric temple, whose only wrong part is Neptune's name. Tempio di Atena 📍 Capaccio Paestum · 16 km Paestum's most refined temple, used as a church in the middle ages.