Martinsicuro

Martinsicuro
Country	Italy
region	Abruzzo
province	Teramo  (TE)
Coordinates	42 ° 53 '  N , 13 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 53 '0 "  N , 13 ° 55' 0"  E
height	2  m slm
surface	14 km²
Residents	16,311 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	1,165 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	64014
prefix	0861
ISTAT number	067047
Popular name	Martinsicuresi
Patron saint	San Gabriele dell'Addolorata
Website	Martinsicuro

Parish Church of Martinsicuro

Martinsicuro is a municipality in the region of Abruzzo in Italy at the mouth of the Tronto . It belongs to the province of Teramo and has about 16,311 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). The parish was reorganized in 1963, previously it was part of Colonnella .

The district ( fraction ) Villa Rosa belongs to the municipality .

The neighboring municipalities are Alba Adriatica , Colonnella, Monteprandone ( AP ) and San Benedetto del Tronto (AP).

history

Torre di Carlo V

In ancient times the place was called Castrum Truentinum or simply Truentum and was located in the central Italian landscape of Picenum at the mouth of the Tronto, then called Truentus . According to Pliny , it was originally a Liburnian settlement . Historically, the city barely appeared, but it still existed in the imperial era (this is how it is mentioned on the Tabula Peutingeriana ). In late antiquity Truentum became the seat of a bishop, to whom the titular (arch) bishopric Truentum of the Roman Catholic Church goes back.

The tower, built in 1547 under the direction of Martin de Segura as a defense tower against Turkish pirates, dates back to Spanish times. The square tower was used to monitor the nearby coastline and was part of a defensive line built by Alvarez de Toledo and Parafan de Ribeira.

Viticulture

In the municipality of vines are varieties Montepulciano for the DOC - wine Montepulciano d'Abruzzo grown.

literature

• Edward Herbert Bunbury:  Castrum Truentinum . In: William Smith : Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London 1854.

Web links

Commons : Martinsicuro  - 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. ↑ Pliny, naturalis historia 3, 110 .