Melia

The origin of Melia is poorly understood and this is also poorly documented.

In this regard, since these first lines I make a personal appeal to anyone in possession of material and / or documentation on come forward and become an integral part of the reconstruction of History of Melia.

On the origin of the name of Melia currently there are two different theories: The first attributes the origin of his name to the huge amount of apples that the first inhabitants (farmers surely) produced through the exploitation of natural resources that its fertile plains offer . The second refers to what is commonly reported in the vocabularies under Melia: [gr. Melìa 'ash', originally preindeur] sf Genre Meliacee of tropical woody plants that provide high-quality wood for color, texture and aroma (Melia).

During the summer of 2006 by reading the book "St. Robert City Hall from Casale" (Francis Arillotta - Kaleidon publisher) I came across the description of the various townships that are part of the City of St. Robert (RC) including, in fact Melia, in which the author, on page. 119 writes: "... Melia - In the by stracitato appreciate the act of 1645, has literally written: 'Garden of Pumar seu Apple, in the place of Melìa'. In a beautiful watercolor paper, dating back to the beginning of '800, which describes the whole of' The Pilgrim 'to' The Baron of Villa Melia 'on a large tract of land is written' apples trees'. Could, according so every things, go up the name of this pleasant district to the fact that the area was characterized by the presence of vast apple orchards? ". This testimony supports the first theory described above.

At this point the reader will wonder why I quoted a witness belonging to the City of St. Robert. The answer is as follows. Melia is a fraction which is located on the border between the towns of San Roberto and Scilla.

Melia is composed of streets, districts and wards, which are listed below with explanations of the names (the explanations I have learned from reading a booklet of 30 pages produced by students and teachers of middle school Melia).

Source Meliadiscilla.com