| Nocera Terinese | |
|---|---|
| Comune | |
| Comune di Nocera Terinese | |
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  Nocera Terinese Location of Nocera Terinese in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 39°2′10″N16°9′45″E / 39.03611°N 16.16250°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Calabria |
| Province | Catanzaro (CZ) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luigi Ferlaino |
| Area | |
| • Total | 46.2 km2 (17.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2013) [1] | |
| • Total | 4,753 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Noceresi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 88047 |
| Dialing code | 0968 |
| Patron saint | St. John the Baptist |
| Saint day | 24 June |
| Website | Official website |
Nocera Terinese is a town and comune of the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of southern Italy.
The comune is a basic administrative division in Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality.
The province of Catanzaro is a province of the Calabria region of Italy. The city Catanzaro is both capital of the province and capital of the region of Calabria. The province contains a total of 80 municipalities (comuni). Its provincial president is Vincent Bruno.
Calabria, known in antiquity as Bruttium, is a region in Southern Italy.
In its territory, according to the last archaeological investigations, was located the ancient Greater Greece city of Terina.
Terina was an ancient city of Magna Graecia on the north shore of the Gulf of Saint Euphemia, about 20 km (12 mi) from Lamezia Terme in Calabria. The site of the city was allegedly found in 1922 by the archaeologist Paolo Orsi near the modern village of Sant'Eufemia Vetere, but a systematic archaeological investigation was only started in 1997 and it is only based on coins found there. Coins, inscriptions and other artefacts retrieved from the site can be seen in the Museo Archeologico Lametino in Lamezia Terme. However, the actual collocation of the ancient city is in Nocera Terinese where the original location is situated on top of a hill called Piano di Tirena. This hill is surrounded by two rivers merging, Savuto and Grande, and it perfectly matches the description provided by the Greek historian Strabo in his major work Geographica, which was first published around 20 AD.
