Partanna
Trapani
The first urban centre of the city was established around the Castle in the Early Middle Ages. Following that, the original centre was abandoned and the city developed around the new Mother Church. Since the eleventh century the history of the feudal territory has been linked to the rich and important Sicilian family of Grifeo, who had continual rule over Partanna until the twenty-first century. Many religious orders established themselves in the area, from the Franciscans, at the end of the fifteenth century, to the Carmelites, the Augustinians and the Benedictines that arrived during the seventeenth century. Severely damaged by the 1968 earthquake, the historic centre has almost entirely been rebuilt.
Places to visit in Partanna
Archaeological Area of Contrada Stretto
Archaeological areas
The archaeological site in the Stretto district lies around three kilometres east of urban Partanna. The presence of a number of ditches,...
Grifeo Castle
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...
Mother Church
Churches
The Mother Church is one of the most representative monuments of Partanna and was partially rebuilt after the earthquake. It was designed in...
Pisciotta-Calandra and Todaro-Molinari Palaces
Palace
At the end of the main street two important eighteenth century buildings face each other. The Pisciotta Palace has a façade dated 1799...
"Madonna della Libera" Church
Churches
The sanctuary, situated in the Montagna district, is a modern structure with an elliptical layout in reinforced concrete built in 1980 on a...
