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Terrasini is a town in the Province of Palermo on the island of Sicily in Italy.

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Terrasini is located 30 km west of Palermo at the motorway between Palermo and Trapani, between the mountains and the Gulf of Castellammare near the Palermo International Airport.

Terrasini's population mainly work in the fields of fishing and tourism. Tourism triples the population the summer months, not only for the location of the town but also for the hospitality of its people.

Bounding communes are: Carini, Cinisi, Partinico and Trappeto.

History

The name Terrasini probably derives from Latin "terra sinus" = "land at the gulf" (the Gulf of Castellamare) or from "terra sinorum" = "land of the bays" due to the strongly curved coastline with a large number of larger and smaller bays. Ci. The name was first cited for the region in a letter of saint Martin della Scale of November 24, 1350 as "terras vocatas li Terrasini".

The grottoes in the area of Terrasini were inhabited already in the late paleolithic times. On different sites, tracks of Roman settlers were found.

The origin of the town goes back to the late medieval times to a small settlement (called Favarotta) of agricultural workers on the large-scale landed property of the family "La Grua Talamanca" from Carini.

In the 17th century, fishermen settled at the coast. When the former feudal property was left to the agricultural workers for cultivation, a florishing agriculture developed around the fishers' village. Alcamo : Trapani : E' il capoluogo della provincia e conta circa 70000 di ponente allungata su di un promontorio a forma di falce, che troviamo nello stemma.