Pazzano

Pazzano
Comune
Comune di Pazzano
Panorama of Pazzano
Coat of arms
Pazzano, urban area
Pazzano Location of Pazzano in Italy
Coordinates: 38°29′N 16°27′E / 38.483°N 16.450°E / 38.483; 16.450
Country	Italy
Region	Calabria
Province / Metropolitan city	Reggio Calabria (RC)
Government
• Mayor	Salvatore Fiorenza (since April 5, 2005)
Area
• Total	15 km2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation	460 m (1,510 ft)
Population
• Total	799
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Pazzanesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	89040
Dialing code	0964
Patron saint	St. Joseph
Saint day	March 19
Website	Official website

Pazzano is a village and comune located in Locride's region in the province of Reggio Calabria (Calabria, southern Italy).

The first known mention of Pazzano dates to a 1094 document. The town was founded as a minerary center for the exploitation of iron (by pyrite and limonite) and molybdenum (the latter in caves of Monte Stella and Monte Consolino) deposits. During the period of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, its 25 mines made Pazzano the most important mining centre in all of southern Italy. The minerals were processed at Reali ferriere ed Officine di Mongiana in Mongiana.

Pazzano became a comune in 1811. Minerary activities lasted until the 20th century. During the 1950s, the inhabitants began to emigrate to northern Italy, and Pazzano's population drastically reduced.

At Sydney,(Australia), since the 1950s the emigrants of Pazzano created a little Community in Brookvale (nicknamed Pazzaniedu) and at Narraweena, every year take place the Santo Salvatore's fiest.

There is also a little community at Aliquippa in Pennsylvania (USA).

By the 1980s the ecomuseum Ecomuseo delle ferriere e fonderie di Calabria (Ecomuseum of iron-foundry and foundry of Calabria) was to preserve and remember the industrial archaeology of the town.