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Castelvetrano is a medieval village characterised by a rich history that can be divided into three important eras: the Middle Age where farmers settled at the village, creating the new aristocracy; the Modern Age which was hit by a dramatic epidemic and period of famine under the government of King Filippo II of Spain; and at last the ...
Castelvetrano, town, western Sicily, Italy, southeast of Marsala. Historic monuments include the churches of S. Domenico (1470) and of the Madre (16th century). In the town hall there is a 5th-century bronze statue of the Ephebus of Selinus (Selinonte).
If you had visited the natural areas around Castelvetrano in the past you would probably have found the exact same landscape as today, thanks to the unspoilt nature around the Belice river nature reserve. Dunes, marsh vegetation and Mediterranean scrub probably represent a reasonable snapshot of what the Sicilian coastline must have looked like ...
