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Encyclopedia > Castelvetrano
Comune di Castelvetrano
Country Italy Italy
Region Sicily Sicily
Province Trapani (TP)
Mayor Giovanni Pompeo (since December 10, 2001)
Elevation 187 m
Area 206 km²
Population
 - Total (as of 2004) 30,369
 - Density 132/km²
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 37°40′60″N, 12°46′60″E
Gentilic Castelvetranesi
Dialing code 0924
Postal code 91022
Frazioni Triscina di Selinunte, Marinella di Selinunte
Patron St. John the Baptist
 - Day June 24

Location of Castelvetrano in Italy
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Website: http://www.comune.castelvetrano.tp.it/

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Castelvetrano is a town in the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy. The archeological site of Selinunte are located in the city territory. Trapani (It. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. ... Selinunte is an ancient Greek archaeological site in the south province of Trapani, in the island of Sicily. ...

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Sicily · Communes of the province of Trapani
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Sicily, Trapani, Castelvetrano (376 words)
The origins of Castelvetrano date back to the ancient Sican population of Legum and then to the colonies of so called veterans of Selinunte who were destined to take custody of the victuals (this gives origin to the name of the town "castrum veteranorum").
In 1299 Castelvetrano became the property of the Tagliavia family who were to be the future princes of the city, their surname would change to Aragon, then Pignatelli, between the end of the XV century and the beginning of the XVI.
Castelvetrano became the capital of the Tagliavia-Aragon territories, enhancing itself with various works of art.
CASTELVETRANO (595 words)
Castelvetrano, counting some 30,000 inhabitants, is a farming town primarily concerned with the cultivation of vines and olive trees; woodworking, mostly related to the furniture industry, is as much important.
The focal centre of Castelvetrano hinges on two adjacent squares, Piazza Umberto I and Piazza Garibaldi, and it is in this part of the town that the main monuments are to be found.
Piazza Garibaldi – The square is lined with fine buildings such as the town’s main church and the Chiesa del Purgatorio (now an auditorium), the latter an elegant conglomeration of elaborate detail (Classical friezes, false balcony, statues nestling in niches, volutes) drawn from a transitional late Mannerist-Baroque style.
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