Puntalazzo
Puntalazzo is a neighborhood in Mascali, Catania, Sicily and has about 326 residents. Puntalazzo is situated nearby to the locality Contrada Pietrafucile, as well as near the neighborhood Nucifori.Places of Interest
Highlights include Chestnut Tree of One Hundred Horses and Santi Alfio, Cirino e Filadelfo.
Chestnut Tree of One Hundred Horses
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hundred-Horse Chestnut is the largest and oldest known sweet chestnut in the world. Located on Linguaglossa road in Sant'Alfio, on the eastern slope of Mount Etna in Sicily — only 8 km from the volcano's crater — it is generally believed to be 2,000 to 4,000 years old.
Santi Alfio, Cirino e Filadelfo
Church
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santi Alfio, Cirino e Filadelfo is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nunziata and San Giovanni Montebello.
San Giovanni Montebello
Village
Photo: Alqasar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Giovanni Montebello is a village, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Puntalazzo.
Santa Maria la Strada
Suburb
Photo: Alqasar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santa Maria la Strada is a suburb, which is situated 4 km east of Puntalazzo.
Puntalazzo
- Type: Neighborhood with 326 residents
- Description: human settlement in Mascali, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
- Categories: frazione and locality
- Location: Mascali, Catania, Sicily, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.75442° or 37° 45′ 16″ northLongitude
15.14331° or 15° 8′ 36″ eastPopulation
326Elevation
591 metres (1,939 feet)Open location code
8F9QQ43V+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 4733204908OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
2523673Wikidata ID
Q727046
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Puntalazzo” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Пунталазо”
- Cebuano: “Puntalazzo”
- Chechen: “Пунталацо”
- Dutch: “Puntalazzo”
- French: “Puntalazzo”
- Hungarian: “Puntalazzo”
- Italian: “Puntalazzo”
- Serbian: “Puntalazzo”
- Serbian: “Пунталацо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Puntalazzo, Catania”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Puntalazzo”
- Tatar: “Пунталацо”
- Turkish: “Puntalazzo”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Piazza Vittorio Emanuele Terzo and Chiesa di Maria Santissima Assunta.
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