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Forty kilometres from Palermo , in the heart of the Gulf of Castellammare (Trapani), Trappeto is a corner of paradise immersed in a scenery of natural beauty, a fertile land of thriving greenery in the middle of a very suggestive historical itinerary, wet by the splendid colours of the sea. It was set up in the forest called Parthenia by Federico II of Aragona during the XIV century. Over the years, Trappeto has changed little by little from a territory rich in vineyards and citrus orchards overlooking the sea, ploughed in the past by sailing ships loaded with sugar and wine, into a town whose coasts are nowadays sailed by (...)

Forty kilometres from Palermo , in the heart of the Gulf of Castellammare (Trapani), Trappeto is a corner of paradise immersed in a scenery of natural beauty, a fertile land of thriving greenery in the middle of a very suggestive historical itinerary, wet by the splendid colours of the sea. It was set up in the forest called Parthenia by Federico II of Aragona during the XIV century. Over the years, Trappeto has changed little by little from a territory rich in vineyards and citrus orchards overlooking the sea, ploughed in the past by sailing ships loaded with sugar and wine, into a town whose coasts are nowadays sailed by boats full of tourists and vacationers. Its name " Trappetum Cannamelarum " took after the first factory (1480) that dealt with the extraction and refining of sugar canes and a fortified tower like those still existing in different styles built by Arabs, Normans, Christians, Moors etc. The first homes were built in the suburb and most of them belonged to the fishermen who lived close to the Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation (1680). For centuries Trappeto was inhabited by farmers and fishermen who mingled together the sweetness of nature's products and the disappointments of a life of hardship and emigration in a Sicily oppressed by the Mafia. After World War II, Trappeto became a symbol of total poverty, touching Italy and Europe's most sensitive hearts. Years later, it was thanks to Danilo Dolci's work and his commitment in running the "Borgo di Dio " (1968), located on the town's promontory, which diffused the cultural and humane treasures of these Sicilians. Since then, a wonderful revival which caused a rupture with the past took place thanks to the same residents of Trappeto who were inspired by a renewed faith and an inexhaustible need for humanization and justice, towards a destiny of inexorable progress. Trappeto is nowadays a destination chosen by an enthusiast and loyal tourism that can find thousands of pleasant occasions to relax and live social life in a town which is immersed in open spaces, with its many flower - beds and multicoloured fishermen homes decorated by murals.