Trapani

Trapani ( ; ; ) is a coastal city and comune in western Sicily, Italy, located on a crescent-shaped peninsula between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the Province of Trapani, it has long been associated with the historic salt trade and has increasingly developed as a destination for tourism.

naval battle of the First Punic War near modern Trapani, western Sicily, with the Carthaginian fleet emerging victorious

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association football club in Trapani, Italy

diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy

Cathedral building in Trapani (Sicily), Italy

Drepana () was an Elymian, Carthaginian, and Roman port in antiquity on the western coast of Sicily. It was the site of a crushing Roman defeat by the Carthaginians in 249BC. It eventually developed into the modern Italian city of Trapani.

Busiate or busiati are a type of long macaroni, originating in the province of Trapani and typical of the Calabria and Sicily regions of Italy. They take their name from , the Sicilian word for the stem of Ampelodesmos mauritanicus, a local grass, which is used in preparing them and giving them their helical shape. Busiate was officially included in the 2026 edition of the Italian dictionary Zingarelli.

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siege of the First Punic War lasting from 249 to 241 BCE

railway station in Italy

watchtower in Trapani, Italy

1266 battle of the War of Saint Sabas

building in Trapani, Italy

building in Trapani, Italy