Giardini Naxos

Giardini Naxos
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Metropolitan city	Messina  (ME)
Local name	Giaddini
Coordinates	37 ° 50 ′  N , 15 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E
height	5  m slm
surface	5 km²
Residents	9,337 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	1,867 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	98030
prefix	0942
ISTAT number	083032
Popular name	Giardinesi
Patron saint	Maria Santissima Raccomandata
Website	Giardini Naxos

Giardini Naxos from Taormina

Giardini, on the beach

Giardini-Naxos or Giardini for short is an Italian municipality in the metropolitan city of Messina on the Mediterranean island of Sicily with 9,337 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Giardini-Naxos is about 50 km south of Messina and 40 km north of Catania on the east coast of Sicily. The residents mainly work in agriculture and tourism. Giardini Naxos is a seaside resort.

The neighboring municipalities are Calatabiano ( CT ) and Taormina .

The city has a connection to the A18 Messina – Catania. The place has a train station on the Messina – Syracuse railway line , the nearest airport Fontanarossa is in Catania.

history

Giardini Naxos is located on the site of ancient Naxos . Naxos was the first Greek colony in Sicily. It was founded in 735 BC. Founded by residents of the city of Chalkis .

More cities were founded from Naxos, 730 BC. BC Katane and Leontinoi and probably 728 BC Chr. Messina. Later Naxos was subjugated by Hippocrates of Gela and fought in 415 BC. On the side of Athens . After the city was destroyed in 403 BC By Dionysius I the inhabitants sought refuge in Tauromenion .

Buildings and parks

The church of Maria SS. Raccomandata dates from the 18th century. The archaeological museum and an archaeological park with excavations and finds of ancient Naxos as well as the remains of a temple of Aphrodite and a city wall are located by the sea within the village.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

Web links

Commons : Giardini-Naxos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Holiday and travel information about Giardini Naxos