San Giuseppe Jato

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San Giuseppe Jato
Comune
Comune di San Giuseppe Jato
Coat of arms
Location of San Giuseppe Jato
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	90048
Dialing code	091
Patron saint	Maria SS. della Provvidenza
Saint day	August 13-August 16

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, 31 kilometres (19 mi) from the Sicilian capital.

History

The first inhabited centre in the area lies on top of the adjacent

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

Economy

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Like many villages and towns in the north of

The movie Sicilian Ghost Story tells the real story of 11-year-old Giuseppe Di Mateo's 1993 kidnapping, strangling and disposal in an acid vat after 779 days in captivity on 11 January 1996 in San Giuseppe Jato by Sicilian Mafia boss Giovanni Brusca in retaliation for Giuseppe's father Santino Di Matteo's turning state witness ("pentito") in the case of anti-Mafia Judge Giovanni Falcone's murder.

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