Castelvetrano

Castelvetrano is a municipality in the province of Trapani in Sicily region of Italy with 31 734 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012).

Location and data

Castelvetrano is located 70 kilometers south of Trapani at an altitude of 187 m. The municipality covers an area of 206 km ². The population lives mainly from agriculture ( olive and wine), the food industry and tourism.

Castelvetrano is on the railway route Palermo-Trapani and has a center near the train station. By car, the journey takes to Palermo one hour.

The A29 / E90 motorway runs past Castelvetrano.

The settlements Triscina di Selinunte and Marinella di Selinunte are frazioni ( = districts ) of Castelvetrano.

Neighboring municipalities are Campobello di Mazara, Mazara del Vallo, Sciacca (AG), Montevago (AG), Part Anna, Salemi and Santa Ninfa.

History

Ancient necropolis prove that the area had been settled long ago. The ancient Greek Selinous lay on the present area. The Romans and the Arabs ruled here. As of 1299 the village was a fief and became the city.

During the Second World War was at Castelvetrano a military airfield.

Cityscape and buildings

  • Piazza Garibaldi, the center of the city with the town hall, the Chiesa Madre church from the 16th century and the Fontana della Ninfa ( Nymph Fountain)
  • Town with a strong, Arabic -styled architecture
  • Villa Garibaldi, a public park with views of the city and the surrounding area
  • San Domenico church from 1470, inside are stucco and frescoes from the year 1577 to see in the 1968 earthquake, the church was damaged
  • Newly built church of San Giovanni in the 16th century, the late 18th century on the ruins
  • Municipal Museum with finds from Selinunte

Chiesa Madre with the Torre Campanaria

Fontana della Ninfa

Chiesa di San Giovanni

Environment

  • Selinunte, an ancient Greek town near the village of Marinella di Selinunte on the coast with eight Greek temples, which are among the main attractions of Sicily
  • Santissima Trinità di Delia, a church 4 km west of Castelvetrano, built in 1140-1160 in the Arab- Norman style
  • Rocche di Cusa, antique quarries 11 km southwest of Castelvetrano in the field of community Campobello di Mazara, here are the pillars of the temple G in Selinus were broken
  • Grandi Cave, an ancient quarry

Temple E in Selinunte

Rocche di Cusa

Church of the Santissima Trinità di Delia

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