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Torricella (Brindisino: Turricèdda) is a town and comune in the province of Taranto, in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. It is home to a large tuff castle from the 15th century, one of the best preserved in the region. It is mostly an agricultural center, with production of olives and olive oil, wine, wheat, figs and sheep husbandry.
It is located next to the small community of Ioanella and about 1.5 miles from Teramo, the provincial capital.. The village of Villa Popola is divided into three small localities: Villa Torre (site of most of the residences), Popolo Alta and Popola Bassa.
Torricella Sicura is a town and comune in the province of Teramo, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is located in the natural park known as the " Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park ".
The foundation of Torricella dates back according to local tradition to an exodus from the exiles of Juvanum, during the Byzantine Wars of the sixth century AD, a Roman town near the nearby municipality of Montenerodomo, however the first certain news is given since XII century when it was a fief of Orsini and, later, of Accounts of Manoppello and Marchesi Celaia of Chieti. [3]
Gabriele Di Cesare, Torricella Sicura. Lineamenti storici , Camera di Commercio di Teramo e Comune di Torricella Sicura, Litotipografia Eco Editrice (Te), 1989; Santa Maria Assunta di Ioanella , 2007, fascicolo rilegato (depositato nella Biblioteca M. Delfico di Teramo, al catalogo ABRUZZO BA-N-III-9/20).
The earliest known records regarding the village date back to 1026 when "Maliano" is mentioned in the context of holdings that Guiberto di Teutone offered to Pietro II, who at that time was the bishop of Teramo-Atri.
A Mediterranean climate (/ ˌ m ɛ d ɪ t ə ˈ r eɪ n i ən / MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as Cs, is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude).
Torricella Sicura: Time zone: UTC+1 • Summer : UTC+2 : Borgonovo is a frazione in the Province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy This ...