Trapani, Sicily, Italy

trapani lies in the utmost northwest of sicily on a headland at the foot of monte erice. in front of the coast runs the border of tyrrhenian and mediterranean sea. trapani is therefore called "città tra due mari" (city between two seas). trapani acts much less "italian" than the other sicilian cities, you can eat couscous everywhere. obviously, the arab influences are still very alive, because "'imārat ṣiqilliya" was an Islamic emirate that dominated the island from 831 to 1091. under muslim rule, the island became wealthy and cosmopolitan. trade and agriculture flourished, the island was multiconfessional and multilingual and developed a pronounced arab-byzantine culture - and this is still visible in trapani today.Read more