Erice
Erice is a hilltop town in western Sicily, Italy, perched on Monte Erice above the city of Trapani. Once a religious and strategic centre for the ancient Elymians, Carthaginians, and Romans, it is known today for its narrow lanes, cobbled streets, and sweeping views of the coast and Aegadian Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Monte Erice and Castle of Venus.
Monte Erice
Peak
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Monte Erice is an isolated mountain on the western coast of Sicily, overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea. It rises to 751 m, with the historic centre of Erice at its summit and the lower slopes occupied by its modern and rural settlements, as well as by parts of Trapani and Valderice.
Castle of Venus
Castle
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Castle of Venus is a medieval fortress in Erice, built around the site of an ancient sanctuary of Venus Erycina at the summit of Monte Erice in western Sicily.
Chiesa Matrice, Erice
Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Chiesa Matrice, is the principal Roman Catholic church in Erice, Sicily. Commonly referred to as the Duomo di Erice or Real Duomo, it was built in the early 14th century during the reign of King Frederick III of Aragon and is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trapani and Santa Casa, Erice.
Trapani
Photo: WiDi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trapani occupies a narrow peninsula stretching between two seas, where the Tyrrhenian and Mediterranean meet. Its historic centre extends directly into the water, framed by old city walls, beaches, and a working port.
Santa Casa, Erice
Town
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Erice is a comune contiguous with the provincial capital Trapani, in western Sicily. Its historic core occupies the site of the ancient city of Eryx, one of the most significant archaeological and religious centres in pre-Roman western Sicily. Santa Casa, Erice is situated 4 km southwest of Erice.
Pizzolungo
Village
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Pizzolungo is a small Italian seaside village in western Sicily. It is situated just north of the city of Trapani. Pizzolungo has white, sandy beaches and hills and cliffs surround the coastline, making for a scenic view. Pizzolungo is situated 3½ km northwest of Erice.
Erice
- Categories: commune of Italy and locality
- Location: Trapani, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
38.0382° or 38° 2′ 18″ northLongitude
12.5872° or 12° 35′ 14″ eastPopulation
26,000Elevation
751 metres (2,464 feet)United Nations Location Code
IT ER2Open location code
8FCJ2HQP+7VOpenStreetMap ID
node 67257082OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Erice” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إريتشي”
- Arabic: “اريتشي”
- Arabic: “جبل حامد”
- Armenian: “Էրիչե”
- Basque: “Erice”
- Belarusian: “Эрычэ”
- Breton: “Erice”
- Bulgarian: “Ериче”
- Catalan: “Erice”
- Cebuano: “Erice”
- Chechen: “Эриче”
- Chinese: “Erice”
- Chinese: “埃里切”
- Corsican: “Èrici”
- Czech: “Erice”
- Danish: “Erice”
- Dimli (individual language): “Erice”
- Dutch: “Erice”
- Esperanto: “Erice”
- Finnish: “Erice”
- Finnish: “Eryx”
- French: “Erice”
- French: “Mont Éryx”
- Georgian: “ერიჩე”
- German: “Erice”
- German: “Monte Erice”
- Greek: “Έριτσε”
- Greek: “Έρυξ”
- Hungarian: “Erice”
- Indonesian: “Erice”
- Interlingua: “Erice”
- Irish: “Erice”
- Italian: “Agro ericino”
- Italian: “Erice”
- Italian: “Monte San Giuliano”
- Japanese: “エーリチェ”
- Kazakh: “Érïçe”
- Kazakh: “Эриче”
- Kazakh: “ەرىيتشە”
- Kurdish: “Erice”
- Ladin: “Erice”
- Latin: “Eryx”
- Latin: “Mons Sancti Iuliani”
- Lithuanian: “Eričė”
- Lombard: “Erice”
- Luxembourgish: “Erice”
- Macedonian: “Ерис”
- Malay: “Erice”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Erice”
- Neapolitan: “Erice”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Erice”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Erice”
- Persian: “اریچه”
- Piemontese: “Erice”
- Polish: “Erice”
- Polish: “Eryks”
- Portuguese: “Erice”
- Portuguese: “Érice”
- Romanian: “Erice”
- Russian: “Эриче”
- Scots: “Erice”
- Serbian: “Erice”
- Serbian: “Ериче”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Erice”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Monte San Giuliano”
- Sicilian: “Erice”
- Sicilian: “Erici”
- Sicilian: “Èrici”
- Sicilian: “U Munti”
- Slovenian: “Erice”
- South Azerbaijani: “اریچه”
- Spanish: “Erice”
- Swahili: “Erice”
- Swedish: “Erice”
- Tagalog: “Erice”
- Tatar: “Эриче”
- Turkish: “Erice, İtalya”
- Turkish: “Erice, Sicilya”
- Turkish: “Erice”
- Ukrainian: “Ериче”
- Ukrainian: “Еріче”
- Venetian: “Erice”
- Vietnamese: “Erice”
- Volapük: “Erice”
- Waray (Philippines): “Erice”
- “Erice”
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