The comune is a double one: Mongiuffi and Melia, two villages a short way apart, with the town hall at Melia. They were hamlets of Taormina, and in 1643 they were sold together to a man from Messina, Giuseppe Barile; then they passed to the Corvaja and the Rao.
The sanctuary of Santa Maria della Catena is the main church of the two villages. Outside the built-up area is the Postoleone tunnel, cut into the rock by Austrian prisoners of war during the First World War, and in the fields remain the traces of two Roman aqueducts. In 1929 the fascist regime attached Roccafiorita to Mongiuffi Melia as well; it became a comune again in 1947. There are 653 residents.
Arancino · Pasta alla Norma · Pitone messinese
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Next up: Two patrons for two villages: Saint Leonard in Mongiuffi, Saint Sebastian in Melia, Friday 6 November
Nearest airport: Reggio Calabria, 38 km away
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📅 Every year, on 6 November in Mongiuffi (Saint Leonard) and on 20 January in Melia (Saint Sebastian)
Mongiuffi Melia, a municipality born from the union of two distinct villages, celebrates Saint Leonard on 6 November in Mongiuffi and Saint Sebastian on 20 January in Melia; the area also holds the diocesan sanctuaries of Santa Maria della Catena and the Madonna dell'Aiuto.
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