SICILIA
Trapani
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A bit of HISTORY... | SICILIA Trapani |
Chronological history
| From the
Carthaginians to the Byzantines (IIIrd. cent. b.C. - VIIth cent. a.C.) |
Trade grew under the
Arabs hands (VIIIth cent. a.C. - XIIth cent. a.C.) |
Trapani is the foremost centre in western Sicily (XIIIth cent. a.C. - XIXth cent. a.C.) |
| After the first Punic
war, Drepana became part of the Roman Empire. Then followed the Barbarian invasions and the Byzantine dominion. |
A leading trading centre under the Arabs and the Normans, Trapani became an important trade centre. | Its importance grew
under the Aragons. In the 16th century Charles V had the city wall strengthened almost completed demolished in 1860. |
