Termini Imerese
Termini Imerese (Greek in ancient times Θέρμαι αἱ τῶν Ἱμεραίων Thermai hai TON Himeraíōn; Latin Thermae ) is a municipality in the province of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, with 26 238 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012).
Location and data
Termini Imerese is located 37 km east of Palermo and about 30 km west of Cefalu. The village lies on the A19. Termini Imerese is located on the railway line Messina -Palermo. There is a boat connection to Genoa - Voltri and Livorno.
The first part of its name owes Termini Imerese to about 42 ° C warm, some low-level radioactive bromine, fluorine, chlorine, and sodium-containing thermal springs, which are still used today by a Kurbetrieb.
The inhabitants mainly work in agriculture, in industry and crafts.
The neighboring municipalities are Caccamo, Campo Felice di Roccella, Cerda, Collesano, Sciara and Trabia.
Economy
For the region's economy, the automobile company Fiat has approximately 1,400 employees and about another 600 among suppliers of great importance. The Fiat plant is to be closed by 2012. In addition, fishing and the cultivation of artichokes and citrus important industries.
History
Finds from the surrounding caves prove that this place was inhabited during the Stone Age and Bronze Age. Thermai is mentioned for the first time by the Greek poet Pindar. After the Carthaginians the nearby city of Himera destroyed in the year 409 BC, the survivors fled to the neighboring Thermai and were settled there. During the First Punic War the city was conquered 252 BC by the Romans under the consul Gaius Aurelius Cotta. With the river, the harbor and the hot springs they found optimal conditions under which the city experienced a remarkable economic and cultural prosperity. Of these, still bear witness remains of the aqueduct doppelbögigen of Cornelius, the remains of the viaduct also doppelbögigen the creek Barra Tina and relics of a Roman amphitheater and a forum. The Romans called the city of Thermae Himerensis. In ancient times, Termini Imerese was a bishopric, it today's titular Termae Himerae goes back.
Later, Arabs settled (after the conquest of the city in 828 AD ) and Normans. Among the Arabs and Normans, who much appreciated the sources and knew how to use the good conditions good, the city experienced an economic and cultural bloom again. Unfortunately, little finds are from this period.
When Charles V in 1535 was staying in Termini Imerese, he made the old core of the city and the Roman fort fasten with a thick wall and build a granary.
Buildings and museums
Town hall
View of the port of Termini Imerese
View from the Belvedere on Mount San Calogero
In the resort
- Main church of San Nicola di Bari from the 15th century
- Piazza Duomo
- City Hall in Piazza Duomo, built in 1604
- Villa Palmeri, a park with Roman ruins
- Santa Caterina d' Alessandra from the 15th century
- Remains of Roman equipment
- The Municipal Museum ( opened in 1873 ) has the following departments: Archaeology ( with finds from Himera ), History, Natural History, and a numismatic collection of ancient coins.
- In the monastery of the Poor Clares is the library ( Biblioteca Liciniana ). It was founded in 1800 and has an extensive collection of historical documents in some cases, including incunabula, rare, precious parchments and expenses.
In the surrounding area
- Himera an ancient Greek colony founded in 648 BC destroyed 409 BC
Native Termitaner
- Agathocles of Syracuse ( 361-289 BC), tyrant
- Vincenzo La Barbera, (around 1577 - 1647 ), architect and painter
- Niccolò Palmeri (1887-1837), economist, politician and historian
Events
- Carnival, one of the largest and most beautiful in Sicily