Carini
Carini is a municipality in the province of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, with 36 467 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012).
Location and data
Carini is located 25 kilometers west of Palermo. The inhabitants mainly work in agriculture and in industry.
The main village is situated on a hill, the village of Villa Grazia is between SS 113 and the coast. Two connection points ( Carini and Villa di Carini ) allow access to the A29. The train route Palermo - Trapani FS Carini served the station. In the eastern part of the municipality are in the industrial area of the breakpoint Carini Torre Ciachea. In the western part of the municipality is the Piraineto station, where the double track branches off to Palermo Falcone Borsellino International Airport.
The neighboring municipalities are Capaci, Cinisi Giardinello, Monreale, Montelepre Partinico, Terrasini and Torretta.
History
At the point at which today is Carini, stood the ancient Hykkara, which was destroyed 415 BC. Carini is attested under Gregory the Great as a bishopric seat. The last message of a Bishop of Carini - John - comes from the Council of Nicaea 787 The city was destroyed again in 1000 by Muslims and then rebuilt. Probably as early as in Arab times as a fortified space available, the Kasteil of Carini is attested among the Normans and mentioned by al - Idrisi, the geographer Roger II. Architectural remains are to be seen in today's castle, which dates back to a rebuilding in the 15th century still in the second gate. Also a good part of the walls is Norman. As of 1283 the families Abate, Chiaramonte and La Grua be verified as the owner of the castle and of the fief.
The Baroness of Carini
Historically, the figure of Laura Lanza, wife of Baron Vincenzo La Grua Talamanca, which by her father., Cesare Lanza, Count of Mussomeli, and her husband for the sake of honor, was murdered for adultery with a childhood friend, 1563
The story of the Baroness has been processed in popular culture in canti popolari, the well-known History writer Luigi Natoli (aka William Galt ) has processed the issue, and in 1975, the Italian state television RAI produced a TV movie.
The Catacombs
In the district of Villa Grazia di Carini an early Christian catacomb is currently being explored archaeologically, probably the largest in Sicily. The discovery took place in the 19th century, further explorations were not performed. The studies under the direction of Prof. Rosa Maria Carra Bonacasa of the University of Palermo are not yet completed. Partial use apparently in the Middle Ages and early modern times is likely about as a warehouse and depot. In 1873, an early Christian mosaic in the contrada San Nicola has been found, possibly belonging to an early Christian basilica, which was at that time but not excavated.
Structures
- Castle: Arabo - Norman origin, rebuilt by the Chiaramonte in the 14th century, is in its present form mainly from the 16th century. Today owned by the municipality, it is mainly used for cultural events.
- Parish church ( Madrice ), a building of the late 18th century with older individual pieces
- Above Carini, built on the road to Montelepre, the Villa Belvedere, by the barons La Grua in the 16th century. From 1953, acquired by the Franziskanerkonventualen and expanded. The church has been raised to a Santuario mariano - kolbiano 1983 by the Archbishop of Monreale, Salvatore Cassisa.