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SELINUNTE: |
 Founded
in the course of the WAYS century from the coloni of Megara Hiblaea,
the advancing constituted tip of towards the West of the Greek territories
in Sicily. Selinunte had been developed in the centuries until becoming
hugest between the cities of the hellenistic Sicily, species for its
colossal ones templi, the only ones between that sicialian to being
decorated with sculptures. It was destroyed in the 409 a.C. from the
segestani, with which the city was always in contrast. The historians
narrate of one true and own massacre: 16,000 citizens were victims
of a murder, 5,000 features in slavery. Selinunte not riusci never
more to risollevarsi, although the generous attempt of a siracusano,
Ermocrate, than in the two years succeeded was taken care to make
to you to reconstruct walls to them. Traces of takeovers succeeded
you until the domination bizantina do not exist. In that period they
were settled down, between the ruderi, religious hermits and later
communities and, during the Arabic doinazione, of the muslim tribes.
With passing of the years and the centuries of the ancient Selinunte
lost also the name, and in the 500 the historian T. Fazzello of it
only identified the situated one. The visit of the ruins begins from
the templi orients them, indicates to you with letters and, F, G,
poichè do not know with certainty who were dedicate to you.
The tempio and, in base to a registration, it would have been dedicated
to Hera. Tempio the F, of archaic style, rose in YOU century. Tempio
the G is one of largest templi of the classic antiquity. It seems
was dedicated to Apollo. The visit continues on the Acropoli, smoothed
a irregular town-walls from walls, finds 6 templari constructions
here to you, beyond more modest constructions to sacred character,
which newspaper stands, altars, etc... Also these templi are indicate
to you with letters of the alphabet. Between of they it has particular
importance tempio the C, the largest of the Acropoli, erected to the
half of YOU century on the higher point of the terrace. We remember
moreover tempietto so-called of the "small metope" that
it has given back 6 metope to us, which constitute the plastic document
more ancient than Selinunte, going back in fact to the principle of
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RISERVA FOCE DEL BELICE: |
 This
coast feature the most fine sands is sure between beautifulst of the
entire Sicily. Draft of an evocative entirety constituted much from
a coastal dune system that, more in a generalized manner, characterizes
all the coast "African" of the island and, often, is pushed
towards entroterra also for a 70/80 meters, catching up height of
5 or 6 meters, and, therefore, of one zone, that fociale, richest
of one by now rare swampy vegetation. From the faunistico point of
view the zone is equally - if not more - important: the serenity and
the solitudine, beyond, naturally, to the characteristic particular
acclimatize them, make that near the foce of the belice sostino Aironi,
Ducks, Gulls, it is not difficult to notice Cuculi, marine Gravels,
Rigogoli. It seems, finally, than on these magnificent beaches the
marine turtles come to place eggs. To catch up this magnificent earth
border is not difficult (from the 115 SS Agrigento - Bottoming drills,
after the crossroad for Port Pole, to feed a narrow lane on the left),
is right to remember that the zone is "Reservoir Natural Integral".
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CASTELVETRANO: |
 The
origin of Castelvetrano would go back wings colonies of veterans selenuntini
assigns you to the guard of the commodities (from which the ancient
name "castrum veteranorum"). But the existence of the city
is documented historically only from the Angioini. In the 1299 Castelvetrano
it came assigned from Federico Of Aragon to the Tagliavia, whose last
name will be changed in the time in Aragon and Pignatelli. Castelvetrano
has had its pr0sperity soprattuttto to the cultivation of the screw,
to the production of olives and, therefore, to the export of wine
and oil. Today, but, tip above all on the tourism and has been equipped
with numerous lodges, restaurants and points of meeting. An unavoidable
stage for the tourist is the historical center, of remarkable artistic
and urbanistico interest. Three contiguous public squares constituted
the generating nucleus from which taken to start the city development.
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CASTELLAMARE DEL GOLFO: |
 The
history of the citizen of the gulf is identified until to the 827
d. C., with that one of Segesta, poichè of uesta endured the
same vicissitudes. Later the Arabs connoted the center like a roccaforte,
rendered impregnable with the construction of the fortilizio and as
pole of great importance trades them, with the takeover of the tonnara.
In Aragonese period (1821 - 1410), the citizen maintained its importance
trades them, above all for the export of the grain. The ulterior development
of Castellammare of the Gulf is, finally, to ascribe itself to the
period that goes from the six hundred until the ight hundred, when
the city saw a remarkable one, increasing development. In the beautifulst
gulf of Castellammare, to the feet of high, sour rich mountain of
lussureggiante vegetation, the city degrades sweetly towards the sea
until where rises the Castle, between two magnificent ones spiagge.
The lived one numbers numerous and important monumental assets: the
elegant Church of Sant' Antonio from Padova and the small Church of
the Purgatorio, the settecentesca Church Mother, and the Chiesetta
of the Rosary, commonly said of the "Madonna of the agnuni".
The ancient Fortilizio place on a small cape was built up from the
Saraceni on the ruins of previous fortifications and later on widened
and strengthened from Normanni and Svevi, much to become the more
important fortress of the western Sicily.
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SCOPELLO: |
 The
ancient seafaring village of Scopello would rise on the situated one
of the ancient city of Cetaria, therefore called for the exceptional
abundance of tonni existing in its sea. They were the Arabs, that
they called that situated Iscubul Iakut, to restructure the tonnara,
once destroyed the city to you of Cetaria. In 1220, then, it was granted
in feudo from Ferìderico II to the Martorana of Palermo and
subsequently donated one coloniadi piacentini. Very soon abandoned
from the Lombardic e'migre's, because of the raids of the pirati ones,
the tonnara passed, gradually, for the various hands of possessory.
Today the complex is in disarmament but all it is remained in one
perfect efficenza, from the complex of the warehouses, the beam and
the rooms to the lodging of the tonnaroti, to the boats. More up,
on the mountain, always to scopello ago head great, magnificent beam,
to the inside of which, beyond to summery musical manifestations,
a small center has center that it produces beautiful and it originates
them ceramic of art.
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SEGESTA: |
 The
city was founded in pre-Greek age from the Elimi. She was eternal
enemy of Selinunte, against which invocò in the 409 a.C. the
aid of the Cartaginesi. Today, it has been a lot little explored,
although the campaign of diggings in course has already brought to
light first vestigia of the ancient rooms. All around to the Barbarian
mount, the city was dominated from a great Theatre. Founded in V the
century, the cavea, of 63 m of diameter, is in good state of conservation,
while of the scene they remain only the inferior structures. The panorama
that is enjoyed seated on the steps is immensest, optimal in order
to provoke in the spectators catarsi that it was the aim of the Greek
theatre. The theatre accommodates every year classic rapresentazioni
from all the world. From the high of the Barbarian Mount the Tempio
is looked at, proprabilmente the building more cospicuo than still
unexplored a suburbano sanctuary. Erected anch' it in V the century,
it is introduced incompiuto. Tempio grandeggia the hermit on a hill
in position much evocative one, and is one of most perfect and better
conserved examples than dorica art. Calatafimi, as it wants the legend,
was founded from a group of troiani profughi, Ripopolata from peasants
Berbers, was conquered, later, from the army normanno and entered
to make part of the regal Federal property. In 1860 it salted to the
ribalta, tying just the name to the historical battle gained from
the Thousand garibaldini against the borboniche troops in their march
towards the Unit of Italy. Calatafimi above all deserves a visit in
occasion of the Spring Festivity or the Crocifisso, celebrated in
memory of some miraculous events legacies to an ancient Crocifisso,
taken place in 1657. The processione ripropone still today, to intervals
of 3,5 or 6 years and is one of the huger and felt popular festivities
sicialian. É a moment of great tourist interest for who wishes
to know and to appreciate, also the human patrimony of the Sicily.
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ERICE: |
 Hermit
rises on the top of a mount who dominates on Bottoming drills, the
valley and the sea. It would have been Erice, son of Venere and Bute,
king of the Elimi, to found it in the farthest ages. On the summit
a tempio was risen at first only, dedicated to one identified feminine
divinity from the Fenici with Astarte, from the Greeks with Aphrodite,
the Roman with Venere Ericina. The goddess was always veneratissima
from all the populations of the Mediterranean and was its main cure
protect the sailors, which give far away noticed the fire that she
burned in the sacred building and that served also from guideline.
It was destroyed from the Cartaginesi in the 260 a.C. and the inhabitants
were transport to you to Bottoming drills. During the domination normanna
Erice taken the Saint Mount name Giuliano (that it maintained until
to 1934). Collection in a triangular perimeter, is one of the more
singular citizens of the Sicily. The acciotolate narrow lanes and
grips, the small piazzette, the cortiletti bloomed, a rich handicraft
that ceramics comprises, cakies, carpets, render it mèta irrenounceable
of every excursion in the Trapanese.
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MAZARA DEL VALLO: |
 Mazara,
aboriginal name that perhaps means "castle". Thanks to its
position acquired importance are like emporio that like fortress.
True splendor was caught up in the course of the Arabic domination.
The Arabs disembarked to Mazara in order to begin the occupation of
the island and the poor one $R-at the head of one of the three districts
in which they divided the Sicily. Several the travellers Muslims that
visited it, the magnificarono ones, extolling the fertility of the
territory, the economic pr0sperity, the floridezza of the plantations
and the garden, the beauty of the buildings. With the advent of the
Normanni the city becomes rich of churches, convents and monasteri
and comes encircled from walls. Particularly interesting to visit
it is the port channel, constructed on the matting of the Mazarò
river, center trades them of the city. Draft of one of the ports more
important fishings boat of Italy, with one annual production of approximately
200.000 q of fish. The monument more important than Mazara is the
Cathedral. It was built up to the term of XI the century, when the
bishopric of Mazara was founded. The work of more remarkable art between
those guarded to the inside of the church is a "Trasfigurazione",
marmorea composition of 6 statues, realized with a strong popular
taste of the sacred rappresentazioni from Antonio Gagini in years
' 30 of the ' 500.
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MOZIA: |
 City
founded in VIII the century a.C. on a isoletta of the Stagnone not
larger than 40 hectares, than thanks to own the favorable position
on the routes it trades them, divenne one of the most healthy colonies
fenicie of the Mediterranean. Its economy was based mainly on the
commerce and the production of ceramics. It was important naval base,
and therefore it had been constructed a "Kothon", a dry
dock for the repair of the ships, than, after that largest one than
Cartagine, it is the only meeting in the western Mediterranean. Between
the areas more interesting discoveries are "tophet", that
it consists of a sanctuary to whose inside finds a sacred field where
cruel offers to the divinity came placed the rests of the human sacrifices
fenicie like Baal Hammon, that it demanded the sacrifice of the primogeniti
males. In the 397 a.C. Mozia was destroyed from Dionisio of Siracusa.
From then this earth handkerchief it remained deserted, finchè
Giuseppe Whithaker, acquired the isoletta and it carried out you of
the diggings, than they carried it to identify the ancient fenicia
base. It turns out you of the diggings were collected in a museum.
Today one of the more important interesting and between those that
they illustrate the history of the punica civilization. The piece
in absolute more interesting is one statue of singular representing
beauty a young person. High 1,81 m, are of marble coming from white
man from the Asia Minor, and are sure originate them Greek of V the
century. Important are all the exposed objects, in total 10,000 pieces:
stars, balsamari, monili and tools of the daily life. It detaches
a giant mask in terracotta, that it seems to reassume in its smile
the mystery of the leggendario fenicio people.
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LEVANZO: |
 Famous
E' above all for the cove of the Genovese, than conserve thought decorations
and graffiti the more interesting of Italy. Ignoto an artist of 15.000
- 10,000 years ago it has traced on the walls men, women, children,
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FAVIGNANA: |
 The
greater one of the Egadi islands is also that equipping of the best
receptive structures. The small country conserve still some construction
of a sure value, like the mansion of the Florio and some chiesette
baroque. Here it is found in fact largest tonnara of the Mediterranean,
decisive for the isolana economy for various centuries, is today in
phase of resumption. Entire percorribile in bicycle being rather pianeggiante.
Its rich gorge coasts, calette and coves are lambite from a turchese
and limpid sea from the spendidi reflected.
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MARETTIMO: |
 Montuosa,
to difference of the others two, hides in viscere of its coves sweet
water sources and incredible vegetation is covered of one spontaneous
and, rigogliosa and in part constituted from only plants rarisime
and. You it can be lodged exclusively in the houses of the fishermen,
from which can also be rented a boat in order to complete the circumnavigation
of the island, the more interesting excursion, poichè concurs
to easy discover the more inaccessible beauties of the coast, between
which, above all, the coves. Between these they deserve a signal that
one of the Camel and the Manger, from the wonderful and ineguagliabili
colors.
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