Vita
Trapani
Vita was founded in 1607 by the nobleman Vito Sicomo of Calatafimi. In the decades that followed it was deeply involved in the Risorgimento movement, playing a leading role in the Expedition of the One Thousand. In 1968 it was hit by a strong earthquake that destroyed the most important pieces of its history. Its reconstruction was carried out on another site, neighbouring the old inhabited centre.
Places to visit in Vita
Community Centre Auditorium
Theatre
The Vita community centre, a building dating back to the beginning of the nineteen seventies, lies in Vincenzo Renda park. The structure...
Baronia Woods
Natural area
The Baronia wood extends over around 670,000 sq. m and lies less than 2 km from the centre of Vita. From the wood, that reaches a maximum...
Church of the Purgatory
Churches
The Church of the Purgatory was almost certainly constructed by a confraternity in the second half of the seventeenth century. The...
Church of the Madonna of Tagliavia
Churches
The origins of the Church of Our Lady of Tagliavia dates back to 1896, when “in a dream the Holy Virgin instilled the building of this...
Church of Saint Francis
Churches
The Church of Saint Francis, adjacent to the monastery then dedicated to Our Lady of Conception, was built in 1619 at the wishes of baron...
Mother Church
Churches
The Mother Church, of which remains a single stone in the square after sadly being demolished following the earthquake in January 1968, was...
Fountains
Monuments
The Municipality of Vita features exquisite fountains located around the town centre. The “Acquanova” fountain, located in Libertà square,...
Wall paintings
Town Center
On the walls and on the portals of uninhabited houses in the old centre you can see numerous murals, carried out by contemporary painters,...
Leone-Daidone Palace
Palace
The Palace, built at around the end of the XIX century, constitutes one of the most important buildings in the Historic Centre of Vita, in...
