Terrasini (Palermo Province) is 34 km. from Palermo, alt. 33 m., on the coast of the Gulf of Castellammare, on the western coast of the Punta Raisi Promontory, area 19.4 sq. km., pop. over 10,800, post-code 90049, tel. 091. Economy: agriculture, mining, fishing, tourism.

In the middle ages it was a fief of the Monastery of San Martino di Monreale and then of the La Grua Talamanca families.

Of interest is the civic museum.

The annual "Festa degli schietti" (bachelors' festival) is an exhibition of strength with tree-lifting trials on Easter Saturday and Sunday, with music, singing, and processions of Sicilian carts.

Churches (Monreale Diocese) include the following:

Maria SS. delle Grazie (Chiesa Matrice, founded in 1684)

Maria SS. del Rosario

Maria SS. della Provvidenza

Families researched in those records include the following:

Accotte, Ajello, Aluja, Amanti, Bologna, Carollo, Catania, Ciaramitaro, Cilluffo, Ciolino, Coluso, Cusimano, D'Alco, del Vallo, di Giuseppe, di Maria, di Mercurio, di Ranno, Evola, Favazza, Frontera, Fronteri, Frontieri, Gerilli, Grasso, Gusmano, Leto, La Fala, Li Cavoli, Linquata, Lombardo, Lucaretta, Maltese, Maniaci, Moceri, Orlando, Palazzola, Palazzolo, Palazzolo, Parisi, Pelando, Pezzati, Randazzo, Scula, Tessiture, Tocca, Tocco, Trentacosta, Zangara, Zerilli

Links to other sites about Terrasini include:

Terrasini Photos

Terrasini.com

Italian Wikipedia

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Italian Postal Codes

Sicily Web

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