Terracina
Terracina is a port city with 44 616 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Latina in the Lazio region on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- 3.1 Twin towns
Geography
Terracina is 101 km southeast of Rome, 121 km north- west of Naples and 39 kilometers southeast of Latina.
Terracina is situated at the point where the Ausoni reach the coast and so separate the Pontine plain of the plain of Fondi. This bottleneck has strategic importance since ancient times. Through it forces its way between the steep drop of Monte Sant'Angelo and the sea, the Via Appia.
Its neighborhoods are Hermada Borgo La Fiora, Badino and Frasso, albeit at a large part of the municipality of Sonnino. The municipality covers an altitude from -1 to 864 m slm
The municipality is located in the seismic zone 3 (slightly endangered).
The neighboring municipalities are clockwise from west to east: San Felice Circeo, Sabaudia, Pontinia, Sonnino, Monte San Biagio and Fondi.
Traffic
The main development of Terracina done since ancient times the Via Appia, which is now classified as a state road SS 7 Appia. From their branches in the city area, the SR 148 Via Pontina which runs parallel to the Appian Way to Rome, and the SS 213 Via Flacca that runs along the coast to Formia, from. About the SS 156 dei Monti Lepini can be reached in 47 km, the A1 Autostrada del Sole motorway at the exit Frosinone.
The train station of Terracina is the terminus of the line Terracina Priverno, a branch line of the railway line Rome - Formia - Naples.
History
In the Volscian seaside town Anxur was 329 BC, the Roman citizen colony Tarracina applied after the Romans had defeated the local Volscians. By recording in the Latin League residents Tarracinas received Roman citizenship. Thus the inhabitants Tarracinas were " the subjects of federation of the Roman territory ."
Applied to key strategic position on annektiertem country Tarracina was a Latin colony privileged class. When moving a resident Tarracinas to about 100 km from Rome Roman citizens lived in full. Cicero called this form of the Latin colony as " bulwarks of Roman rule " in Italy.
From ancient Anxur / Tarracina evidenced by numerous remains and discoveries, which are often built in the form of spolia in medieval buildings such as the Cathedral. Since 312 BC the Via Appia led through the city. The most significant excavation is the sanctuary of Jupiter Anxur which is above the city on the steep rocky spur Monte S. Angelo and are obtained from the above all the impressive substructures of the temple terrace.
Duomo di San Cesareo
Remains of the Roman Capitol
Temple of Jupiter Anxur
Policy
Nicola Procaccini ( PdL ) was elected in May 2011 to the mayor. His center-right alliance also with 14 of 24 seats, the majority in the City Council. He won the runoff election against Gianfranco Sciscione of a full-scale civil list, which was supported by the Regional President Renata Polverini ( PdL ). He replaced his party colleague Stefano Nardi, who served from 2001 to 2011.
Twin Cities
- Germany Bad Homburg ( Germany )
- Luxembourg Mondorf ( Luxembourg )
- Algeria Bejaia ( Algeria)
- France Cabourg ( France)
- Switzerland Chur ( Switzerland )
- England Exeter ( England)
- Latvia Jurmala (Latvia )
- Austria Mayrhofen ( Austria )
- Hungary Pécs (Hungary )
- Belgium Spa (Belgium )
Sons and daughters of the town
- Rosario Giuliani ( b. 1967 ); Jazz saxophonist