Castellammare del Golfo (Trapani Province) is 40 km from Trapani, alt. 26 m., on the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Gulf of Castellammare del Golfo, area 127.2 sq. km. Its population is just over 13,800, post-code 91014, tel. 0924. Economy: agriculture, furniture-making, rope and cord industry, marble working, fishing, tourism.
In pre-Hellenic days, it was the chief port of the Elymian cities of Erice and Segesta. The Arabs, probably, built the castle in the Middle Ages. After the invention of the tunny-fishery and the wheat-loader, the town began to play an important economic and strategic role. The greatest phase of development was after 1560 when Pietro de Luna obtained the licentia populandi.
Of special interest is the Castle from the Islamic period. It was altered by the Norman and the Swabians, and later destroyed and rebuilt by the Aragonese in the 14th century, which is the period its present general aspect dates from.
Churches (Trapani Diocese) include the following:
Families researched in those records include the following:
Links to other sites about Castellammare Del Golfo include:
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