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Trapani

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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Trapani railway station and Ligny Tower.

Railway station
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is the main railway station of Trapani, , . Opened in 1880, it serves as the western terminus of the Sicilian railway network and provides regional connections toward , , and .

Museum
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is a coastal watchtower in Trapani, . It was built between 1671 and 1672 at a strategic position on the city's western coast. Today, the tower is in good condition, and it is open to the public as an archaeological museum.

Church
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, formally the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Lawrence the Martyr, is the cathedral of the Diocese of Trapani in Trapani, . Originally founded as a community church in the medieval period, it was elevated to cathedral status in 1844.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Erice and Santa Casa, Erice.

Photo: Michal Osmenda, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hilltop town in western , , perched on Monte 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 .

Town
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Erice is a comune contiguous with the provincial capital Trapani, in western . 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.

Village
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is a village.

Trapani

Latitude
38.0174° or 38° 1′ 3″ north
Longitude
12.516° or 12° 30′ 58″ east
Population
55,200
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
IATA airport code
TPS
United Nations Location Code
IT TPS
Open location code
8FCJ2G88+XC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 67253724
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2522876
Wiki­data ID
Q13664
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Trapani” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Trapani”
  • Arabic: “تراباني”
  • Arabic: “طرابنش”
  • Aragonese: “Tràpani”
  • Armenian: “Տրապանի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Trapani”
  • Bashkir: “Трапани”
  • Basque: “Trapani”
  • Belarusian: “Трапані”
  • Bengali: “ত্রাপানি”
  • Breton: “Trapani”
  • Bulgarian: “Трапани”
  • Catalan: “Trapani”
  • Catalan: “Tràpani”
  • Catalan: “Tràpena”
  • Cebuano: “Trapani”
  • Chechen: “Трапани”
  • Chinese: “Trapani”
  • Chinese: “特拉帕尼”
  • Corsican: “Trapani”
  • Corsican: “Tràpani”
  • Cree: “Trapani”
  • Czech: “Trapani”
  • Danish: “Trapani”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Trapani”
  • Dutch: “Trapani”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ترابانى”
  • Esperanto: “Trapani”
  • Esperanto: “Trapanio”
  • Finnish: “Trapani”
  • French: “Drépane”
  • French: “Trapani”
  • Georgian: “ტრაპანი”
  • German: “Trapani”
  • German: “Tràpani”
  • Greek: “Δρέπανον”
  • Greek: “Τράπανι”
  • Gujarati: “ટ્રેપાની”
  • Hebrew: “טרפאני”
  • Hindi: “तरापानी”
  • Hungarian: “Trapani”
  • Indonesian: “Trapani”
  • Interlingua: “Trapani”
  • Irish: “Trapani”
  • Italian: “Trapani”
  • Japanese: “トラーパニ”
  • Kannada: “ಟ್ರಪಾನಿ”
  • Kazakh: “Трапани”
  • Kirghiz: “Трапани”
  • Korean: “트라파니”
  • Kotava: “Trapani”
  • Kurdish: “Trapani”
  • Ladin: “Trapani”
  • Latin: “Drepanum”
  • Latvian: “Trapāni”
  • Ligurian: “Tràpani”
  • Lithuanian: “Trapanis”
  • Lombard: “Trapani”
  • Luxembourgish: “Trapani”
  • Macedonian: “Трапани”
  • Malay: “Trapani”
  • Maltese: “Trapani”
  • Marathi: “ट्रपानी”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Trapani”
  • Neapolitan: “Trapani”
  • Northern Frisian: “Trapani”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Trapani”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Trapani”
  • Norwegian: “Trapani”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Drapena”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Trapani”
  • Ossetian: “Трапани”
  • Persian: “تراپانی”
  • Piemontese: “Tràpani”
  • Polish: “Trapani”
  • Portuguese: “Trapani”
  • Portuguese: “Trápani”
  • Romanian: “Trapani”
  • Russian: “Трапани”
  • Sanskrit: “त्रापनी”
  • Scots: “Trapani”
  • Serbian: “Трапани”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Trapani”
  • Sicilian: “Tràpani”
  • Sinhala: “ට්‍රපානි”
  • Slovak: “Trapani”
  • Slovenian: “Trapani”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تراپانی”
  • Spanish: “Trapani”
  • Swahili: “Trapani”
  • Swedish: “Trapani”
  • Tagalog: “Trapani”
  • Tamil: “ட்ராப்பானி”
  • Tatar: “Трапани”
  • Telugu: “ట్రాపని”
  • Thai: “ตราปานี”
  • Turkish: “Trapani”
  • Twi: “Trapani”
  • Ukrainian: “Трапані”
  • Urdu: “تراپانی”
  • Uzbek: “Trapani”
  • Venetian: “Trapani”
  • Vietnamese: “Trapani”
  • Volapük: “Trapani”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Trapani”
  • Welsh: “Trapani”
  • Wu Chinese: “特拉帕尼”
  • Yue Chinese: “特拉帕尼”
  • “Trapane”

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