Comune di Teramo
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Abruzzo
Province	Teramo (TE)
Mayor	Gianni Chiodi (since June, 2004)
Elevation	265 m
Area	151 km²
Population
- Total (as of December 31, 2004)	52,695
- Density	317/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	42°39′N 13°47′E
Gentilic	Teramani
Dialing code	0861
Postal code	64100
Frazioni	See list
Patron	Saint Berardo
- Day	December 19
Website: www.comune.teramo.it

Teramo (Latin: Interamna Praetutiana or Interamna or more rarely Interamnium or Interamnia) is a city in the central Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo. Image File history File links Teramo_Stemma. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... Abruzzo is a region of central Italy bordering Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east and the Adriatic Sea to the east. ... In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Teramo (It. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other subdivisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere. ... Teramo (Latin: Interamna Praetutiana or Interamna or more rarely Interamnium or Interamnia) is a city in the central Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo. ... Saint Berardo (11th century - 19 December 1123) is an Italian saint, patron saint of the city and diocese of Teramo. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Abruzzo is a region of central Italy bordering Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east and the Adriatic Sea to the east. ... Teramo (It. ...

The town is situated near the confluence of the Vezzola and Tordino rivers and is a very old city, founded in pre-Roman times, though the general aspect is more recent, due to many 19th- and 20th century buildings. Tordino is a river located in the province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...

Since for a long time it was a border place between the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the Papal States, it acquired a separate identity and, because of the difficult communications with the other parts of Italy, it stayed isolated for long periods of time. The Gran Sasso tunnel recently allowed Teramo to get out of its isolation. The Two Sicilies The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was the new name that the Bourbon king Ferdinand IV of Naples gave to his domain (including Southern Italy and Sicily) after the end of the Napoleonic Era and the full restoration of his power in 1816. ... The Papal States (Gli Stati della Chiesa or Stati Pontificii, States of the Church) was one of the major historical states of Italy before the boot-shaped peninsula was unified under the Piedmontese crown of Savoy (later a republic). ... Gran Sasso (Italian for great stone), a massif located in the Abruzzo region of central Italy, is the highest of the Apennines and the centerpiece of a national park (established 1991). ...

The economy of the town is mostly based on activities connected with agriculture and commerce, as well as a sound industrial sector: textiles, foods, engineering, building materials and ceramics. Teramo can easily be reached from the A14 autostrada or, in about two hours by car from Rome via the A24 autostrada. Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1,285 km²  (496. ...

The name

Interamna (Greek: Ἰντέραμνα: Eth. Interamnas, Interamnātis), was the name of several cities in different parts of Italy. Its obvious etymology, already pointed out by Varro and Festus, indicates their position at the confluence of two streams ("inter amnes", Varr. L. L. v.28, Fest. v. Amnes, p. 17, Müll.) The form Interamnium (Greek: Ἰντεράμνιον), and the ethnic form Interamnis, are also found, but more rarely. The name referred to the two rivers Vezzola and Tordino, between which it lies. Interamnia – also, Interamna (Greek: ) or Interamnium (Greek: ) – is an ancient Latin placename, meaning between rivers. There were at least three towns of ancient Italy so named: Interamna Nahars (or Nahartium), the modern Terni: the rivers are the Nera and the Tiber; Interamna Praetutiana (or Interamna Praetutianorum), the modern Teramo: the... An ethnonym (Gk. ... Marcus Terentius Varro ([[116 BC]–27 BC), also known as Varro Reatinus to distinguish him from his contemporary Varro Atacinus, was a Roman scholar and writer, who the Romans came to call the most learned of all the Romans. ... For the town, see Festus, Missouri. ...

The name is already corrupted in extant manuscripts of the Liber Coloniarum into Teramne, whence its modern form of Teramo. But in the middle ages it appears to have been known also by the name of Aprutium, supposed to be a corruption of Praetutium, or rather of the name of the people Praetutii, applied (as was so often the case in Gaul) to their chief city. Thus we find the name of Abrutium among the cities of Picenum enumerated by the Geographer of Ravenna (iv. 31); and under the Lombards we find mention of a comes Aprutii. The name has been retained in that of Abruzzo, now a region of Italy. The Praetutii (Greek: , Ptolemy; Eth. ... Map of Gaul circa 58 BC Gaul (Latin: ) was the name given, in ancient times, to the region of Western Europe comprising present-day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ... Picenum was a town and region of ancient Roman Italy. ... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe that entered the late Roman Empire. ...

History

Interamna was founded by the Praetutii (who, according to some ancient legends were connected to the Phoenicians, but scholars think them related to the nearby Italic tribe, the Piceni) as their capital. The name is omitted by Pliny, but is found in Ptolemy, who distinctly assigns it to the Praetutii; and it is mentioned also in the Liber Coloniarum among the Civitates Piceni (cities of Picenum). It there bears the epithet of "Palestina" or, as the name is elsewhere written, "Paletina"; the origin and meaning of which are wholly unknown but may be related to legendary associations between the Praetutii and the Phoenicians. (Ptol. iii. 1. § 58; Lib. Col. pp. 226, 259.) In the genuine fragments of Frontinus, on the other hand, the citizens are correctly designated as Interamnates Praetutiani. (Frontin. i. p. 18, ed. Lachm.) The Praetutii (Greek: , Ptolemy; Eth. ... Phoenician sarcophagus found in Cadiz, Spain; now in Archaeological Museum of Cádiz. ... Italic peoples are all those peoples that lived in Italy before the Roman domination. ... Regio V - Picenum Picenum was a region of ancient Roman Italy. ... Pliny the Elder: an imaginative 19c portrait. ... A medieval artists rendition of Claudius Ptolemaeus Claudius Ptolemaeus (Greek: ; c. ... Picenum was a town and region of ancient Roman Italy. ... Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. ...

It was conquered by consul Manius Curius Dentatus in 290 BCE, and made a Municipium. During the Social War (91-88 BCE) it sided against Sulla, who deprived it of its municipium status. The latter was restored by Julius Caesar. Being situated in the interior of the country, at a distance from the highroads, the name is not found in the Itineraries, but we know that it was an episcopal see and a place of some importance under the Roman Empire. Vestiges of the ancient theatre, of baths and other buildings of Roman date, as well as statues, altars, and other ancient remains, have been discovered on the site: numerous inscriptions have been also found, in one of which the citizens are designated as Interamnites Praetutiani. (Romanelli, vol iii. pp. 297-301; Mommsen, I. R. N. pp. 329-331.) Manius Curius Dentatus, Manius fils (d. ... (Redirected from 290 BCE) Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 295 BC 294 BC 293 BC 292 BC 291 BC 290 BC 289... Template:Campaignbox Social War This article is about the conflict between Rome and her allies between 91 and 88 BC The Social War (also called the Italian War or the Marsic War, Social come from Socii meaning ¨Allies¨) was a war from 91 – 88 BC between the Roman Republic and... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC - 90s BC - 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC Years: 96 BC 95 BC 94 BC 93 BC 92 BC - 91 BC - 90 BC 89 BC 88... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC - 80s BC - 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC Years: 93 BC 92 BC 91 BC 90 BC 89 BC - 88 BC - 87 BC 86 BC 85... Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (Latin: L·CORNELIVS·L·F·P·N·SVLLA·FELIX) ¹ (ca. ... Gāius Jūlius Caesar (IPA: ;[1]), July 12 or July 13, 100 BC – March 15, 44 BC) was a Roman military and political leader and one of the most influential men in world history. ... A see (from the Latin word sedem, meaning seat) is the throne (cathedra) of a bishop. ... The Roman Empire is the name given to both the imperial domain developed by the city-state of Rome and also the corresponding phase of that civilization, characterized by an autocratic form of government. ... Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (30 November 1817 - 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar and historian, generally regarded as the greatest classicist of the 19th century. ...

The city rapidly declined after the fall of the Western Empire and, following Goth and Byzantine domination, became part of the territories of the Lombard Duchy of Spoleto. In 1156 it was put on fire by Norman Count Robert of Loretello and then rebuilt thanks to Bishop Guido II. In the 14th- and 15th centuries it was plagued by feuds between local families which finally ended under the Aragonese dominion. After that it shared the fortunes of the Kingdom of Naples – under which it was the capital of the province of Abruzzo Ulteriore – until in 1860 it was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy. The Western Roman Empire is the western half of the Roman Empire after its division by Diocletian in 286. ... The Lombards or Longobards or Langobards were the Germanic tribe who gave their name to Lombardy, an administrative entity in Northern Italy. ... The independent Duchy of Spoleto was a Lombard territory founded about 570 in southern Italy by the Lombard dux Faroald. ... Events Prince Yuriy Dolgorukiy fortifies Moscow, regarded as the date of the founding of the city Establishment of the Carmelite Order Hogen Rebellion in Japan January 20 - According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of the lake Köyliönjärvi... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... The Kingdom of Naples was born out of the division of the Kingdom of Sicily after the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Anthem: Il Canto degli Italiani (also known as Fratelli dItalia) Capital (and largest city) Rome Italian1 Government Republic  - President Giorgio Napolitano  - Prime Minister Romano Prodi Formation    - Unification 17 March 1861   - Republic 2 June 1946  Accession to EU March 25, 1957 (founding member) Area  - Total 301,318 km² (71st) 116...

During World War II the people of Teramo rebelled against the German occupation. This deed earned the province of Teramo the Gold Medal for Civil Valour, assigned by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi on September 15, 2005. The town was liberated from forces of the Nazis and fascists of Salò on June 14, 1944. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (born 9 December 1920 in Livorno) is an Italian politician and banker who has been both Prime Minister of Italy and President of the Italian Republic. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... War flag of the Italian Social Republic. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...

Main sights and culture

The main monuments of the city are:

• the majestic Cathedral of Saint Berardo, built in 1158 by bishop Guido II, in Romanesque style. Noteworthy is the great portal in Gothic style, finished in 1332 by the Roman master Deodato di Cosma. It houses a precious silver paliotto by Nicola of Guardagriele (with 35 scenes of the life of Jesus) and a polyptych by the Venetian artist Jacobello del Fiore depicting the Incoronation of the Virgin. Annexed is a 50 m bell tower.
• the Romanesque church of Sant'Antonio (1127), with a fine portal. The interior, with a single nave, was renovated along Baroque lines.
• the church of San Getulio, built in the early Middle Ages on the ruins of a Roman temple, finally destroyed in 1155 by the Normans. Only the presbyterium and some Romanesque elements remain of the original building.
• the church of San Domenico (14th century) with a fine Virgin with Child.
• the sanctuary of the Madonna delle Grazie, next to a Franciscan convent in the Frondarola borough. It has a notable Romanesque cloister and a 15th century miraculous wooden statue of the Virgin, attributed to Silvestro dell'Aquila.
• the Palazzo Vescovile ("Bishops Palace"), from the 14th century.
• the remains of the Roman theatre (built about 30 BCE) and of the amphiteatre (about 3rd-4th century CE). The former still today hosts sports and cultural events.

A pedestrian street closed to traffic, Corso San Giorgio, runs from the Piazza Garibaldi to the Piazza della Liberta. Another important piazza is the Piazza Dante, where a high school, the Liceo Classico, dedicated to the philosopher Melchiorre Delfico, was founded in 1813. Saint Berardo (11th century - 19 December 1123) is an Italian saint, patron saint of the city and diocese of Teramo. ... Romanesque St. ... A polyptych (from the Greek polu- many + ptychē fold) generally refers to a painting (usually panel painting) which is divided into four or more sections, or panels. ... Melchiorre Delfico (August 1, 1744 - June 21, 1835) was an Italian economist Delfico was born at Teramo, in the Abruzzo (then Kingdom on Naples) and was educated at Naples. ...

An art exhibit, Maggio Festeggiante, is held each May. The summer calendar of events is very rich, with the Teramo Literary Prize and the Interamnia Handball Cup, an international event with athletes coming from all over the world. A week in October is dedicated to an important international photography of film show.

The territory of Teramo houses an important astronomical observatory, entitled to Vincenzo Cerulli. Categories: Stub | Astronomical observatories ... Vincenzo Cerulli (April 20, 1859 – May 30, 1927) was an Italian astronomer who owned a private observatory in Teramo. ...

Notable people

People born in or around Teramo include:

• Berardo da Pagliara, (?-1123), bishop and patron saint of the city and diocese
• Melchiorre Delfico, (1744-1835), Enlightenment philosopher
• Giacinto Pannella, (1847-1927), author
• Ivan Graziani, (1945-1997), singer-songwriter
• Giacinto Pannella, detto Marco (1930-now), europolitician
• Francesco Possenti, (1838-1861), also known as Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. Patron saint of Abruzzo
• Marco Reginelli, (1897-1956) underworld boss

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Neighborhoods of Teramo

• Il Castello
• Colleparco
• Gammarana
• Madonna della Cona
• San Berardo
• San Benedetto
• San Leonardo
• Santa Maria a Bitetto
• Santo Spirito
• Villa Mosca
• Villa Pavone
• Piano della Lenta
• Colleatterrato

Fractions (Communal Villages)

• Cannelli, Caprafico, Castagneto, Castrogno, Cavuccio, Cerreto, Chiareto, Colle Caruno, Colleatterrato Alto, Colleminuccio, Colle Santa Maria, Forcella (located about 11 kilometers from Teramo and dominating the Vomano Valley, Frondarola, Galeotti, Garrano, Garrano Basso, Magnanella, Miano, Monticelli, Nepezzano, Pantaneto, Poggio Cono, Piano D'Accio, Piano della Lenta, Poggio San Vittorino, Ponzano, Putignano, Rapino, Rocciano, Rupo, Sardinara, Saccoccia, San Nicolò a Tordino (important industrial zone located along the axis joining Teramo to the sea), San Pietro ad Lacum, Sant'Atto, Scapriano, Sciusciano, Sorrenti, Spiano, Tofo Sant'Eleuterio, Tordinia, Turri, Valle San Giovanni, Valle Soprana, Varano, Villa Falchini, Villa Gesso, Villa Ripa, Villa Romita, Villa Stanghieri, Villa Taraschi, Villa Viola, Villa Vomano (located in the Vomano valley and an important link to the autostrada).

Frondarola is a small town of about 200 people which stands at an altitude of 1502 feet above sea level and is located about 5 miles from Teramo, the capital city of the province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy. ... Monticelli Montricelli Church Monticelli is a small village in the commune of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy. ... Nepezzano is a suburb (frazione) of the provincial capital Teramo, and is located about 4 miles away from the town center. ... Scapriano is a suburb (frazione) located in a hilly area about two kilometers away from the communal city of Teramo. ... Tofo-SantEleuterio is a small village located at an elevation of 250 meters about six miles away from the commune of Teramo, the capital of the province of Teramo, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. ... Church of Saint John Panorama of Valle San Giovanni Valle San Giovanni is a small village of approximately 350 people located about six miles away from the town (comune) of Teramo, the capital of the province of Teramo, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. ... View of Valle Soprana Valle Soprana is a frazione (suburb) of the communal city (and provincial capital), Teramo. ... Villa Vomano is a suburb (frazione) of the commune of Teramo, from which it lies approximately 10 miles in distance. ...

Sister cities

• - Berane (former Ivangrad), Montenegro
• - Memmingen, Germany
• - Praha, Czech Republic
• - Rishon Le Zion, Israel

Image File history File links Flag_of_Montenegro. ... Mayor Relja Jovancevic Area  - city  - municipality {{{city}}} km² {{{municipalaty}}} km² Population  - city  - municipality 21,000 in 2003 40,900 in 2003 Time zone Summer Time CET (UTC +1) CEST (UTC +2) Founded 1862 Latitude Longitude 42° N 19° E Area code +381 87 Car plates BA Official Website Map of... Anthem: Oj, svijetla majska zoro Capital (and largest city) Podgorica Serbian of the Ijekavian dialect1 Government Republic  - President Filip Vujanović  - Prime Minister Željko Å turanović Independence From Serbia and Montenegro   - Declared June 3, 2006   - Recognised June 8, 2006  Area  - Total 13. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Memmingen is a town in the Bavarian administrative region Swabia in Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic_(bordered). ... Prague (Praha in Czech) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel_(bordered). ... Rishon Le Zion in 2002 Rishon LeZion, or Rishon LeZiyyon (ראשון לציון) is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip, in the Center District of Israel, just south of Tel Aviv, and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area (Gush...

Gastronomy

The provincial Teramo gastronomy is known for its variety and richness. Typical ingredients include agnello (lamb), hot peppers (pepperoncini), sheep milk cheeses, and slow roasted pork. Common wines are Montepulciano and Trebbiano d'Abruzzo. Typical dishes from Teramo and the surrounding communities include the following: scrippelle - This dish is served in the throughout the Teramo province and is somewhat similar to French crepes, although typically made without milk. ...

Of note

In 2005 the Italian Ministry of Health found that Teramo, along with Rome, had the best drinking water to be found in Italy.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1857).

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External links

• Teramo Wikitravel Site

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