Castles and Historical Buildings

The captain general and viceroy of the Kingdom of Sicily - whose name it bears - started the construction of this tower in 1671, on the north-western end of the city. This massive quadrangular constru...

The city gates are to be considered an integral part of the impregnable circle of walls of Erice that was enhanced in the Norman era, in which new and larger doors were created (Porta Trapani, Porta C...

The path of the walls of Erice winds for about 800 m along the western side only and, although not known entirely, inside there are three important city gates: Porta Trapani (the southernmost) and, pr...

This imposing structure outside the walls, situated on a rocky spur, dates back to the 17th century, when it was destined to host a garrison of Spanish soldiers free of charge by virtue of the so-call...

Built at the behest of Count Agostino Sieri Pepoli - scholar and patron - between 1872 and 1880, the "turret" is a building structure characterized by an original style, Moorish and medieval traits im...

On the highest point of Mount Erice, for centuries, the Castle of Venus is a haughty witness of cultures and cults. On the highest point of Mount Erice in the eighth century BC was built a sacred e...

The palace of the famous family of entrepreneurs of Calabrian origin, which has projected Sicily into the industrial era, catches the eye as soon as you reach the port. Built on a project by the archi...

On the promontory of Punta Troia clings the castle, according to the historiography realized during the Norman dominion on the Egadi and whose ruins constitute an iconic point of historical-archaeolog...

Built over an ancient Saracen fortress during the XV century, enlarged in the second half of the XVI century by the viceroy Marquis of Pescare, during the Second World War this building - also called ...

In Bonagia, in front of a small and picturesque harbor, there is the Tonnara di Bonagia, one of the most important and ancient tuna nets of the territory. Belonged to the family Burgarella, in '500 wa...

This is one of the symbolic sites that testify to a centuries-old tradition of the territory along the road that connects Custonaci and Valderice, in the former trazzera del cavaliere Rizzuto - called...

The lighthouse rises on Punta San Vito - a well-known cape in the naval routes - to support the navigation in this stretch of sea.  The lighthouse consists of a building with an attached tower of 4...