Grifeo Castle

The Grifeo family commissioned the castle in the fourteenth century. It belonged to them until 1890, the year in which it was sold to the Adragna family of Trapani. Although various transformations have altered the original appearance, the solemn aspect of an ancient embattled fortress remains with three large wings arranged around a spacious courtyard. The courtyard’s interior central portal gives access to the reception hall, also known as the “Sala delle Armi” (Hall of Weapons) or “Sala del Trono” (Throne room). Today the ancient furnishings are mostly no longer present and the space is now the Civic Museum of Prehistory of Lower Belìce. The reception hall leads to the ancient castle stables from which it is possible to visit the garden, the wine cellars and the basements entirely carved into the rock.