 Mandanici, a small centre in the Province of Messina, was founded in a broad valley on the slopes of "Pizzo Luci" at the foot of the Peloritani.Its origin is uncertain, but it is claimed that it was founded by Greek colonists during the Chalkidean migration.More secure evidence exists from the period of Norman rule, as it was recorded in the royal historian Don Rocco Pirri's "Sicilia Sacra".