Terrasini

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Terrasini
Comune
Comune di Terrasini
Location of Terrasini
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Terrasini
Terrasini (Sicily)
Coordinates: 38°9′N13°5′E / 38.150°N 13.083°E / 38.150; 13.083
Country Italy
Region Sicily
Metropolitan city Palermo (PA)
Government
 • MayorGiosuè Maniaci since 5 June 2018
Area
[1]
 • Total
19.85 km2 (7.66 sq mi)
Elevation
33 m (108 ft)
Population
 (31 October 2018) [2]
 • Total
12.693
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
90049
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Piazza Duomo & Chiesa Madre

Terrasini is a international turistic centre most popular in Sicily. Is and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo on the island of Sicily in Italy.

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Terrasini is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Palermo at the motorway between Palermo and Trapani, between the mountains and the Gulf of Castellammare near the Palermo International Airport.

Terrasini's population works mainly in fishing and tourism and this turning around 600.000 during the summer.

Bounding communes are: Carini, Cinisi, San Vito Lo Capo, Balestrate, Partinico and Trappeto.

History

The name Terrasini probably derives from Latin "terra sinus" = "land at the gulf" (the Gulf of Castellamare) or from "terra sinorum" = "land of the bays" due to the strongly curved coastline with a large number of larger and smaller bays. The name was first cited for the region in a letter from the archive of the abbey San Martino delle Scale near Monreale of 24 November 1350 as "terras vocatas li Terrasini". [3]

The grottoes in the area of Terrasini were inhabited already in the late paleolithic times. On different sites, tracks of Roman settlers were found. [4]


The origin of the town goes back to the late medieval times to a small settlement (called Favarotta) of agricultural workers on the large-scale landed property of the family "La Grua Talamanca" from Carini.

In the 17th century, fishermen settled at the coast. When the former feudal property was left to the agricultural workers for cultivation, a flourishing agriculture developed around the fishers' village.

Modern Terrasini was founded 24 October 1836, when King Ferdinand II issued a decree that the village Favarotta, then considered part of neighboring Cinisi, should be merged with adjoining Terrasini as a single community. [5]

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Culture

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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. ↑ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Inventory online of the Diplomatico in the Archivio di Stato di Palermo line 19.
  4. ↑ "Cosa vedere a Terrasini".
  5. ↑ "Google Translate".
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