Palazzo Senatorio

SOUTH-WEST TO TRAPANI

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June 5th 2018
In the past, Trapani was the center of trade for coral, tuna and salt with the Levant, Carthage and Venice, and remained a workaday fishing and ferry port, until the city wisely decided to revamp the center and promenade , making it a tourist destination for cruise ships and budget airlines from Italy and Europe. Instead of hanging around for the next ferry to the Egadi Islands, it is a holiday d ... read more

Europe » Italy

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more