Top Things to do in Castelvetrano
10 Sights & Landmarks in Castelvetrano That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Castelvetrano, Italy including Chiesa di San Domenico, Parco Archeologico Selinunte, Chiesa della Santissima Trinita di Delia, Castello di Bellumvider, Ruderi Chiesa di San Giuseppe, Chiesa di San Francesco di Paola, Convento dei Padri Cappuccini, Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta, Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista, Fontana Della Ninfa.
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1. Chiesa di San Domenico
2. Parco Archeologico Selinunte
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4.5 based on 3,643 reviews
Reviewed By SilapInua - Galway, Ireland
Breath-taking archaeological park; the largest of its kind in Europe, even more spectacular than the better known Valley of the Temples, 95 kms to the south east. Parco Archeologico Selinunte is a vast, captivating place covering over 650 clifftop acres and requiring a 3 to 4 hour visit. Once a Greek outpost city of 30,000 people, today its scattered, razed footprint contains a stunning assembly of ancient temples. The very best way to see the famous Acropolis, the Agora, Temple of Hera and the other temples described simply as E.F. & G. is by electric buggy which you pick up at the entrance. It charges about €10 per person; on warm summer days it’s a Godsend. The hop on- hop off buggies wends their way around the huge clifftop site allowing visitors to spend as much time as they wish at the seven surviving Doric temples and the different archaeological locations. Selinunte, the city, was twice destroyed; first in 409 BC and the finally c250 BC when it was levelled by a Carthaginian army. Its historic importance remained largely unknown until a Dominican monk, Tommaso Fazello, began to probe its story in the 16th century and two English archaeologists, William Harris and Samuel Angel, began excavations which continue to the present day, in 1825. Their work and Dom. Tommaso’s allow us a dramatic window on 2,500 years of Greek/Sicilian/Carthaginian history. Well worth the visit and don’t miss the opportunity to reflect on the magnificence of it all over a tub of glorious Sicilian ice cream at the clifftop café.
3. Chiesa della Santissima Trinita di Delia
4. Castello di Bellumvider
5. Ruderi Chiesa di San Giuseppe
6. Chiesa di San Francesco di Paola
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
7. Convento dei Padri Cappuccini
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
8. Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
9. Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista
10. Fontana Della Ninfa
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4.0 based on 15 reviews
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