Trabia

Trabia
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Metropolitan city	Palermo (PA)
Local name	Trabbìa
Coordinates	38 ° 0 ′ N , 13 ° 39 ′ E Coordinates: 37 ° 59 ′ 39 ″ N , 13 ° 39 ′ 18 ″ E
height	50 m slm
surface	20 km²
Residents	10,396 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	520 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	90019
prefix	091
ISTAT number	082073
Popular name	Trabioti
Website	Trabia

Trabia is an Italian commune in the metropolitan city of Palermo in the autonomous region of Sicily with 10,396 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Trabia is 33 km east of Palermo . The inhabitants mainly work in agriculture and in quarries.

The neighboring municipalities are Altavilla Milicia , Caccamo , Casteldaccia and Termini Imerese .

history

The first Arabs settled here in 747 AD . This is evidenced by a document sent by the Emir el Aadelkum Chbir to the military leader, Ben Muhammad Aausman. At that time still called "Tarbiah", the port was used as a strategic base for Termini Imerese.

In 1154 AD the first dried pasta and spaghetti were made here and exported to all of Sicily and later to the mainland. Chinese monks still come to the town today to get an idea of the noodle production.

On November 14, 1509, King Ferdinand II ascended the land of the Barony of Trabia Castle, claimed the land and the intensive sugar cane cultivation there, and made it independent of Termini Imerese.

In 1635, Don Ottavio II from the Lanza family received the Licentia populandi (a permit to settle) from King Philip IV . He built the first houses. In 1643 he built the first consecrated church of Saint Oliva. In 1652 the "new" Trabia had 143 inhabitants. The production of the mills, the abundance of fish, especially tuna, which favored the growth of the population, developed the village. The descendants of the Lanza family were the most important representatives of politics, the military and the culture of Sicily, most recently Raimondo Lanza di Trabia, u. a. Racing driver and important football official.

Attractions

Street in Trabia

Castle from the Middle Ages
Porta Palermo, part of the old city walls

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
↑ Mention of Lanza as the founder of the calciomercato article of the SZ from August 24, 2011

Web links

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

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

[2] Mention of Lanza as the founder of the calciomercato article of the SZ from August 24, 2011