Erice

Everybody and their grandmother seems to have settle in Erice (ah-reach-aye), a mountain-top town just outside of Trapani. We took a cable-car up to Erice (about 3100 feet up) to the land where the Trojans, Elymians, Syracusans, Carthaginians, Romans, Arabs, Normans, and Spanish (and a few others I have no doubt left out) trod in years past. Although they had to come up by donkey path as the cable-car wasn't built yet.

All of the folks built churches or other religious places and most of them remain to this day. I didn't bother to jot all of the names down, just took some interesting pictures. Enjoy!

 Pictures on the cable-car. I was shooting through plastic, so the pictures are a bit dodgy.

 View of Trapani.

 View of the salt flats. The "salt road" goes from Trapani south to Marsala. Big salt production here.

 Bunny ears.

 Look, a church!

 Intricate cobble stones.

 You looking at me?

 The fog was in and out all day.

 More in my door series.

Very intricate window in the Duomo.

 Speaking of which, the Duomo.

 Kirsty sitting by the Duomo.

 In a snicket.

 That Norman fella was building these castles all over Europe.

 Love the stone work.

 Stairs to nowhere.

 Terra Cotta pipe covering.

 Terra cotta drain pipes.

 Trapani gate.

 Built the stone wall around existing boulders.

 Another window in the Duomo.

Wood and stone.

The Trinacria, is a symbol of the Isle of Sicily. The three bent legs are supposed to represent good luck and prosperity. Trinacria means "triangle" for the shape of Sicily.  The three points represent the three capes of Sicily.

Peace my friends!!