Trasacco

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Trasacco
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Trasacco (Italy)
Trasacco
Country Italy
region Abruzzo
province L'Aquila  (AQ)
Coordinates 41 ° 57 '  N , 13 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 57 '28 "  N , 13 ° 32' 7"  E
height 685  m slm
surface 51.4 km²
Residents 6,072 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 118 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 67059
prefix 0863
ISTAT number 066102
Popular name Trasaccani
Patron saint San Cesidio
Website Trasacco
Trasacco

Trasacco is an Italian commune ( comune ) with 6,072 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo . The municipality is located about 46 kilometers south-southeast of L'Aquila at the foot of the Fucino .

etymology

The name of the settlement comes from the Latin trans acquas (over the water) and describes the location of the ancient Marruvian , which was in the area of ​​Lake Fucin.

history

In ancient times the village ( vicus ) was known as the Supinum or maybe Supinas and belonged to the territory of the Martians . Two dedicatory inscriptions that have survived here testify to the Martian language .

Inscriptions testify that the village was in the middle of the 1st century BC at the latest. Chr. Had a theater . The completion was celebrated with a two-day festival.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ A b Hans Philipp : Supinum. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 1, Stuttgart 1931, Sp. 939.
  3. ^ Helmut Rix : Sabellian texts . The texts of the Oscan, Umbrian and Southern Piken. Universitätsverlag C. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-0853-7 , p. 66-67 .
  4. a b CIL 9, 3857
  5. Frank Sear: Roman theaters: An architectural study . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006, ISBN 978-0-19-151827-0 , pp. 154 .

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