Trapani Province

Marsala – a taste of history

Marc Millon urges you to try this often under-rated Sicilian wine

New Michelangelo cross on tour

A wooden carving of Christ on the cross recently attributed to Renaissance giant Michelangelo headed off on tour around Italy Wednesday after proving a big draw at the Italian parliament earlier this year.

Mayor charged over Baboon

Police on Tuesday charged the mayor of a small Sicilian town after they discovered a baboon being kept in captivity in the municipal park.

Sicilian homes for sale at €1

The town council of Salemi, in Sicily, is selling 3,700 earthquake-wrecked houses for a pittance to anyone who agrees to restore them sympathetically in under two years

Solar panels on Mafia land

More than a thousand solar panels are to be set up on land seized from the Mafia in Sicily, officials said Wednesday.

Rare Byzantine baptismal font found

An extremely rare and very well preserved Byzantine baptismal font has been found on an island off the western Sicilian coast near Trapani.

Roman ship found off Sicily

The remains of an ancient Roman ship and its cargo were discovered on Monday off the coast of Trapani on the north-western tip of Sicily.

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