Martinsicuro

Martinsicuro
Comune
Comune di Martinsicuro
Coat of arms
Location of Martinsicuro
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Coordinates: 42°53′N13°55′E / 42.883°N 13.917°E / 42.883; 13.917
Country	Italy
Region	Abruzzo
Province	Teramo (TE)
Frazioni	Villa Rosa
Government
• Mayor	Massimo Vagnoni (Progretto Commune)
Area [1]
• Total	14.66 km2 (5.66 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population  (30 September 2017) [2]
• Total	16,020
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Demonym	Martinsicuresi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	64014
Dialing code	0861
Patron saint	St. Gabriel
Saint day	27 February
Website	Official website

Martinsicuro (former Roman town of Latin : Truentum or Castrum Truentinum) ^[3] is a town and comune in province of Teramo, Abruzzo, central Italy. It is located on the right of the mouth of Tronto River.

History

Remains of a Bronze Age (10th-9th centuries BC) settlement were found in the communal territory, on a hill overlooking the Tronto river. At the river's mouth existed Truentum, remembered by Roman writer Pliny the Elder as part of the Roman region of Picenum, and attributed to the Liburni tribe. It was noted during the Roman civil wars as one of the centers occupied by Julius Caesar. ^[4] It is cited by Strabo, Pomponius Mela and Silius Italicus, also reported in the Antonine Itinerary and in the Tabula Peutingeriana. The territories alongside of his river were divided under the reform of Augustus. After the Roman conquest in the 3rd century BC it became a municipium and later was reached by the Via Salaria.

Castrum Truentinum was conquered by the Lombards in the wake of the fall of Fermo in 580, but in the subsequent centuries most of the inhabitants moved to other centres in the mainland. In the 16th century the Spaniards built here two watchtowers, around which a small borough grew.

Main sights

• Tower of Charles V (1547). Since 2009 it has housed an archaeological museum.

Notable people

• Gigliola Staffilani (1966) - Mathematician, professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Twin towns

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy

Martinsicuro is twinned with:

• Puerto de la Cruz, Spain
• Makó, Hungary

References

1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
3. Richard J.A. Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World: Map-By-Map Directory. Vol. I. Princeton, NJ and Oxford, UK: Princeton University Press. p. 608. ISBN   0691049459.
4. Letter from Pompey to L. Domitius Ahenobarbus, attached to a letter from Cicero to Atticus, February 49 B.C.: Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum (8,12)