Trappeto
lies in the western part of the island, over the route of
Phoenicians, in the sea where Ulixes ventured out, among tunny
fishing nets, islands and coral-reef. Dating back to the XV century,
it took its name from the ancient "Trappetum Cannamelarum"
a factory built in 1480 to extract and refine cane sugar, activity
replaced in the following centuries by the production of olive
oil. The first houses were mainly of fishermen, all around the Chiesa
dell'Annunziata (Church of the Annunciation) (1680).
Set
on the border between the provinces of Palermo and Trapani, Trappeto
offers the visitors unforgettable sceneries, from the warm and
sunny sandy beaches to the shores dropping to the sea, through
suggestive itineraries rich in archeological and natural beauties,
in the typical mediterranean climate of the island, which holds
the record of sun in Europe.
Trappeto
lies in the western part of the island, over the route of
Phoenicians, in the sea where Ulixes ventured out, among tunny
fishing nets, islands and coral-reef. Dating back to the XV century,
it took its name from the ancient "Trappetum Cannamelarum"
a factory built in 1480 to extract and refine cane sugar, activity
replaced in the following centuries by the production of olive
oil. The first houses were mainly of fishermen, all around the Chiesa
dell'Annunziata (Church of the Annunciation) (1680).
Set
on the border between the provinces of Palermo and Trapani, Trappeto
offers the visitors unforgettable sceneries, from the warm and
sunny sandy beaches to the shores dropping to the sea, through
suggestive itineraries rich in archeological and natural beauties,
in the typical mediterranean climate of the island, which holds
the record of sun in Europe.
