Exploring Trapani To the Fish Market

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Walking along the promontory to the fish market, which, according to legend, was formed by the sickle that was dropped by the goddess of agriculture Demeter (Ceres) while she desperately sought her daughter Persephone, who had been carried off by Hades. (Siciliano.it w/s)

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Photos

Torre di Ligni
Museo della Preistoria e di Archeologia Marina – The Torre di Ligny, built in 1671 as a defensive bastion on the tip of the “sickle” houses a collection of archeological artefacts; informative panels complete with illustrations outline the prehistoric era in Sicily.

Spanish Amphorae
Most of the medieval objects are recovered from the many shipwrecks found nearby.

Cuscus de Pesce
Saracen fare, "refined" over the years by Sicilians!