Troina

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Troina
coat of arms
Troina (Italy)
Troina
Country Italy
region Sicily
Free community consortium Enna  (EN)
Local name Truina
Coordinates 37 ° 47 '  N , 14 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 47 '0 "  N , 14 ° 36' 0"  E
height 1121  m slm
surface 167 km²
Residents 8,952 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 54 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 94018
prefix 0935
ISTAT number 086018
Popular name Troinesi
Patron saint San Silvestro
Website Troina

Troina is a city in the Free Church consortium Enna in the region Sicily in Italy .

Location and dates

Troina is located 63 km northeast of Enna . The city has 9400 inhabitants (as of October 2017). The inhabitants work mainly in agriculture, sheep breeding and the production of cheese.

The neighboring municipalities are Bronte ( CT ), Cerami , Cesarò ( ME ), Gagliano Castelferrato , Randazzo (CT), Regalbuto and San Teodoro (ME).

Troina

history

The region of Troina was already around 6000 BC. Populated as necropolises in the area prove. Smaller villages have also been discovered from the Neolithic Age . The Sikeler founded a settlement on the Troina soil. This was later also inhabited by Greeks , of which still today u. a. Remains of a city wall from the 4th century BC Behind the Chiesa Matrice. It is possibly the Engyon ( Latin : Engium ) known from ancient sources . Under the Roman rule emerged u. a. Thermal baths , remains of which have been preserved to this day. In 1062 the place was conquered by the Normans . Here, at the Sicilian residence of Count Roger I , the first Latin diocese in Sicily was established between 1081 and 1096. After the diocese had been united with the re-established diocese of Messina and the bishopric was moved to Messina , the bishops held the double title of bishop of Messina and Troina, who was under Innocent III until 1130, when an archbishopric was first established by Anaclet II . as a double name per Messanensem et Trainensem dioceses (in the dioceses of Messina and Troina) occurs again. At the end of the 20th century, the old bishopric became the titular diocese of Troyna . The Basilian monastery of S. Michele was built in Troina .

During the Second World War , Troina was the lynchpin of the "Etna Line" fortified by the Italians and Germans during Operation Husky . The heavy fighting for the city and its bombing claimed hundreds of civil and military casualties, but could not prevent the advance of American troops in the direction of Messina .

Attractions

The parish church has a Norman tower as a campanile. The church was significantly rebuilt in the 15th and 18th centuries. The Annunziata church was built in the 16th century, and the church of San Silvestro is also worth seeing.

The Ancipa reservoir is located near Troina . The barrier dike is 120 m high. The lake has an area of ​​51 km².

Sons and daughters

literature

  • Horst Enzensberger : Fondazione o «rifondazione»? Alcune osservazioni sulla politica ecclesiastica del conte Ruggero , in: Chiesa e società in Sicilia. L 'età normanna. Atti del I Convegno internazionale organizzato dall 'arcidiocesi di Catania, 25-27 November 1992, a cura di Gaetano Zito. Torino 1995, pp. 21-49.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ Julia Becker: Count Roger I of Sicily. Trailblazer of the Norman Kingdom , Tübingen 2008, p. 54
  3. ↑ Littera of the Pope from 1198

Web links

Commons : Troina  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Horst Enzensberger: The Latin Church and the founding of a diocese in Sicily at the beginning of the Norman rule . In: Medioevo Italiano. Rassegna storica online 1 (2000), No. 2, pp. 1-40 , here pp. 7-18.