Acireale

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Acireale
coat of arms
Acireale (Italy)
Acireale
Country Italy
region Sicily
Metropolitan city Catania  (CT)
Local name Jaci (riali) / Aci (riali)
Coordinates 37 ° 37 '  N , 15 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 36 '46 "  N , 15 ° 9' 57"  E
height 102  m slm
surface 39 km²
Residents 51,876 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 1,330 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 95024
prefix 095
ISTAT number 087004
Popular name Acesi
Patron saint S.Venera and S.Sebastiano
Website Acireale
Santa Tecla district
Santa Tecla district

Acireale is an Italian city in the metropolitan city of Catania in the autonomous region of Sicily with 51,876 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Acireale is located 20 kilometers north of Catania , there are jobs in the production of food, in tourism and in quarries.

Acireale has a motorway connection to the A18 / E45 . Acireale station is on the Messina – Siracusa line .

The districts ( fractions ) are Santa Maria La Scala, Santa Tecla, Stazzo, SMAmmalati, Guardia, Mangano, Capomulini, S.Cosmo, Balatelle, Pennisi, Fiandaca, Loreto, Piano d'Api, Aciplatani, Scillichenti, S.Caterina, SMdelle Grazie, SMla Stella and SGBosco.

The neighboring municipalities are Aci Castello , Aci Catena , Aci Sant'Antonio , Giarre , Riposto , Santa Venerina and Zafferana Etnea .

history

The community was created in the 14th century by the influx of residents from the coastal towns, as the location of the place offered better protection from pirate attacks. In the area of ​​today's city stood the 731 BC. The Greek city of Xiphonia founded in BC. The name Acireale was given in 1642 by Philip IV, King of Spain . The city was destroyed in the earthquake in 1693 and then rebuilt.

On June 27, 1844, the diocese Acireale was by Pope Gregory XVI. built.

In the first decades of the 20th century, the city experienced strong growth.

Culture

Along with Sciacca, Acireale is the carnival stronghold of Sicily and the cradle of the Sicilian puppet theater .

Attractions

  • Cathedral Maria SS. Annunziata , built between 1597 and 1618, shows a baroque portal and a Gothic facade
  • San Sebastiano Church, built in the second half of the 17th century
  • Church dei Santi Pietro e Paolo with a column facade from the 18th century in the Piazza Duomo
  • Town hall, built in 1659 in the baroque style
  • Pinacoteca Zelantea, with old writings and paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries
  • Thermal baths, built in the 19th century
  • Museum with puppets of the Sicilian Puppet Theater

  • Acireale Cathedral

  • San Sebastiano Church

  • Basilica of Santi Pietro e Paolo

  • town hall

  • Pinacoteca: Acireale 1657 by G. Platania

  • Carnival in Acireale

Surroundings

  • San Giovanni Montebello, a small village 4 km from Acireale. Here is the church of SS. Ritrovato with two paintings from 1833, the Annunciation and the Crucifixion. The paintings are by Giuseppe Zacco .
  • Macchia, about 2 km from Acireale. The Etna Population Museum is located here.

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Acireale  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Moses I. Finley, Denis Mack Smith, Christopher Duggan: History of Sicily and the Sicilians . 4th edition, bibliographically revised. Verlag CHBeck , Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-406-61258-9 .