Erice Castle

The history of Erice includes the Phoenician Hamilcar (father of Hannibal), the Trojan hero Aeneas whose heirs should found Rome later on, a temple to the oriental goddess Astarte and a later one to the goddess of love Venus. However, the castle is the main attraction today.

Its cubic style makes a Norman origin clear. Quite many people were there to see it as well!

There was a broad street leading up to the castle with steep slopes to the right!

The view from the street alone was very wide - you could see many patches of land!

From the other side, you could see the sea!

And up we went to explore the castle ...

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