The Erice municipality (Monte San Giuliano until 1934) and located in the Trapani free municipal consortium, borders the towns of Trapani, Buseto Palizzolo, Paceco, Valderice. The name of Erice comes from Erix, a mythological character, Aphrodite and Bute’s son, killed by Heracles. From 1167 till 1934 it was called Monte San Giuliano. The Monte San […]
Trapani is an Italian town of 68 370 inhabitants chief town of the homonymous free municipal consortium in Sicily. Trapani has developed over time a flourishing economic activity linked to the extraction and sale of salt, taking advantage of its natural position, projected on the Mediterranean, and its port, an old commercial outlet for Eryx
During Dionisio I period, Siracusa was one of the biggest and powerful cities in Mediterranean area, because of its temples and palaces, gardens and fountains, its richness of money, culture and power. For Plato it was the perfect city which can influence the change in politic and in society. A wonderful city for Simonide, Pindaro,
