Termini Imerese

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Termini Imerese
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Termini Imerese (Italy)
Termini Imerese
Country Italy
region Sicily
Metropolitan city Palermo  (PA)
Local name Tèrmini
Coordinates 37 ° 59 '  N , 13 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 59 '0 "  N , 13 ° 42' 0"  E
height 77  m slm
surface 77.57 km²
Residents 25,889 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 334 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 90018
prefix 091
ISTAT number 082070
Popular name Termitani
Patron saint Beato Agostino Novello
Website Termini Imerese

Termini Imerese (in ancient Greek  Θέρμαι αἱ τῶν Ἱμεραίων Thermai hai tōn Himeraíōn ; Latin Thermae ) is an Italian municipality in the metropolitan city of Palermo in the autonomous region of Sicily with 25,889 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Termini Imerese is 37 km east of Palermo and about 30 km west of Cefalù . The place is on the A19 . Termini Imerese is on the Messina – Palermo railway line . There is a boat connection to Genoa- Voltri and Livorno .

The first part of its name owes Termini Imerese to about 42 ° C warm, partly weakly radioactive bromine -, fluorine -, chlorine -, and sodium-containing thermal springs that are still used by a Kurbetrieb today.

The inhabitants work mainly in agriculture, industry and handicrafts.

The neighboring municipalities are Caccamo , Campofelice di Roccella , Cerda , Collesano , Sciara and Trabia .

economy

For the economy of the region, the automobile company Fiat with around 1,400 employees and around another 600 at supplier companies is of great importance. The facility was closed on December 31, 2011, then taken over by Newco Blustec and reopened on January 15, 2015. In addition, fishing and the cultivation of artichokes and citrus fruits are important industries.

history

Finds from the surrounding caves show that the region was settled during the Upper Paleolithic , the Copper and Bronze Ages.

Thermai is mentioned for the first time by the Greek poet Pindar . After the Carthaginians established the nearby city of Himera in 409 BC. The survivors fled to the neighboring Thermai and settled there. During the First Punic War , the city was in 252 BC. Conquered by the Romans under the consul Gaius Aurelius Cotta . With the river, the harbor and the thermal springs, they found optimal conditions under which the city experienced a remarkable economic and cultural boom. Remains of the double- arched aqueduct of Cornelius, remnants of the double- arched viaduct of the Barratina stream as well as relics of a Roman amphitheater and a forum bear witness to this . The Romans called the city Thermae Himerensis. In ancient times, Termini Imerese was the seat of a bishopric; This is what today's titular bishopric Termae Himerae goes back to.

Later, Arabs (after conquering the city in 828 AD) and Normans settled here . Under the Arabs and Normans, who valued the springs very much and knew how to make good use of the good conditions, the city once again experienced an economic and cultural boom. Unfortunately, only a few finds have survived from this period.

When Charles V stayed in Termini Imerese in 1535, he had the old core of the city and the Roman fort fortified with a thick wall and built a granary.

Buildings and museums

  • Main church

  • town hall

  • View of the port of Termini Imerese

  • View from the Belvedere to Monte San Calogero

In the town

  • Main church of San Nicola di Bari from the 15th century
  • Piazza Duomo
  • City Hall in Piazza Duomo, built in 1604
  • Villa Palmeri, a park with ruins from Roman times
  • Santa Caterina d'Alessandra from the 15th century
  • Remains of Roman systems
  • The municipal museum (opened in 1873) has the following departments: archeology (with finds from Himera ), local history, natural history and a numismatic collection of ancient coins.
  • The library ( Biblioteca Liciniana ) is located in the monastery of the Poor Clares . It was founded in 1800 and has an extensive collection, e.g. Some of the historical documents, including incunabula , parchments and rare precious editions.

In the neighborhood

  • Himera an ancient Greek colony founded in 648 BC. Destroyed 409 BC Chr.

Native Termitans

Events

Individual evidence

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

Web links

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