Popoli Terme

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Popoli Terme
Comune
Comune di Popoli Terme
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Popoli Terme
Popoli Terme (Abruzzo)
Coordinates: 42°10′N13°50′E / 42.167°N 13.833°E / 42.167; 13.833
Country Italy
Region Abruzzo
Province Pescara (PE)
Government
 • MayorConcezio Galli (Civic list Popoli Democratica)
Area
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 • Total34 km2 (13 sq mi)
Elevation
254 m (833 ft)
Population
 (April 30, 2017) [2]
 • Total4,689
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Demonym Popolesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
65026
Dialing code 085
Patron saintSt. Boniface
Website Official website
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The source of the Pescara with the town of Popoli Terme in the background

Popoli Terme (previously Popoli) is a comune and town in the province of Pescara, in the Italian region of Abruzzo. [3]

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History

Though the site has not revealed significant Roman presence it appears in a ninth-century document as borgo di Pagus Fabianus. Its name in medieval Latin was Castrum Properi ("Waystation Fortress"), which name was recorded as early as 1016 as the property of Girardo, son of Roccone. The castle above the town was built between 1000 and 1015 for Tidolfo, Bishop of Valva. In 1269 the Angevin ruler Charles I of Naples granted Popoli as a fief in the Cantelmo family, who held it, with its ducal title, until 1749. The fief passed to Leonardo di Tocco, Prince of Montemiletto, and his heirs, until feudality was abolished in the Regno in 1806.

Popoli was bombed twice during World War II by the Royal Air Force. On 20 January 1944, the most important bridge in the region, the "Julius Caesar" bridge connecting Rome with Pescara, was destroyed. On 22 March 1944 at noon the city center and city hall were destroyed by substantial bombing by the British. Unfortunately, it was a day that rations were being distributed to town at the city hall, and there were long lines of women and children, many of whom were killed or wounded. The day is still remembered with sorrow by the town's inhabitants.

Honours

Following World War II, the Italian Republic awarded the town of Popoli with the "Silver Medal of Civil Merit" (Medaglia d'argento al merito civile): "Crucial center, occupied by German troops the day after the armistice, was subjected to repeated and violent bombardments which caused the deaths of ninety-one civilians and the destruction of nearly all of the public property. The whole population knew how to react, with dignity and courage, to the horrors of war and to face, with the return of peace, the difficult works of moral and material reconstruction." — Popoli (PE), 1943–1944

Main sights

The town and the surrounding area have several objects of interest:

Festivals

The main festivity is in August. The historical parade with people dressed in costume is held in celebration of historical event of the city (1495). The parade is followed by a fair, called "Certamen de la Balestra". Strength and ability are necessary for the knight to win the Certamen or the grand prize.

Notable natives

General Corradino D'Ascanio

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References

  1. ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Error: Unable to display the reference properly. See the documentation for details.
  3. ↑ "Popoli". Maplandia.com.
  4. ↑ "Baths of Popoli".

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