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Visita altri contenuti del comune (en)
Other stages of the itinerary
- monuments and museums
- Church of S. Maria del Soccorso
- PALAZZO DELLA VICARIA
- Bastion of S.Anna or Imperiale
- Sanctuary of the Annunziata
- S. Lorenzo Cathedral
- PALAZZO MILO BARONI DELLA SALINA
- VILLINO NASI
- Fish Market Square
- PALAZZO RICCIO DI MORANA
- Oscura gate and Clock Tower
- Botteghelle gate
- Church and Monastery of St. Francis of Assisi
- CHURCH OF THE JESUITS
- POST OFFICE BUILDING
- Church of S. Nicola
- MUSEO REGIONALE PEPOLI E CHIOSTRO
- PALAZZO SENATORIO
- Church of S.Maria del Gesł
- Church of S. Liberale
- Church of S.Pietro
- PALAZZO D'ALI
- Fountain of Saturn
- PALAZZO ALESSANDRO FERRO
- LAZZARETTO
- LA COLOMBAIA
- Church and Monastery of S.Maria of Itria
- S. Agostino Church
- Church of S. Domenico
- PALAZZO LUCATELLI
- PALAZZO RICCIO BARONI DI S.GIOACCHINO
- CASINA DELLE PALME
- Ligny Tower
PALAZZO CIAMBRA-GIUDECCA
Built in the sixteenth century by the Ciambra family, the coat of arms can still be seen on the portal. Its architecture testifies the ties between the Iberian peninsula and the city. The rusticated diamond shapes on the walls of the tower and the particulars of the decorations on windows and portals recall the Plateresque style. The building is called “of the Giudecca” because it was built in the old Jewish ghetto after the expulsion of the Jewish community from the city by the edict of Ferdinando the Catholic (1492). The splendid building, which today is in a very bad state, was bought in 1901 by the mayor Eugenio Scio on behalf of the town council of Trapani through a ministerial grant which was granted by the honourable Nunzio Nasi, who was then the Minister for Education. In the post-war period, the town council of Trapani transferred ownership of the building to the owners of a local printing press to pay off debts accumulated during the war.