Alcamo is the fourth-largest town in the province of Trapani in Sicily, with a population of 44.925 inhabitants. It is on the borderline with the Metropolitan City of Palermo at a distance of about 50 kilometres from Palermo and Trapani.
Castellammare del Golfo is a town and municipality in the Trapani Province of Sicily. The name can be translated as "Sea Fortress on the Gulf", stemming from the medieval fortress in the harbor. The nearby body of water conversely takes its name from the town, and is known as Gulf of Castellammare.
Terrasini is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo on the island of Sicily in Italy.
San Vito Lo Capo is a town and comune in North-Western Sicily, Italy, administratively part of the province of Trapani. The small town is located in a valley between mountains, and is home to a public beach that is destination of local vacationers. The town's primary industries are tourism and agriculture, particularly olive groves owned by small farmers.
Scopello is a coastal village, in the municipality of Castellammare del Golfo in the province of Trapani in Italy.
Balestrate is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Palermo. As of 31 July 2015, it had a population of 6,505 and an area of 3.9 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi).
Riserva naturale dello zingaro was the first natural reserve set up in Sicily in May 1981, located almost completely in the municipal territory of San Vito Lo Capo. It stretches along some seven kilometers of unspoilt coastline of the Gulf of Castellammare and its mountain chain, the setting of steep cliffs and little bays.
Alcamo Wine is produced under the DOC classification of Alcamo, Sicily. It is located in the province of Palermo about 30 km. south-west of the city of Palermo and just east of Trapani province.
Alcamo Marina is a seaside resort in the north-western part of Sicily and in the town territory of Alcamo. It is situated 6 km far from it, about 5 km from the small town of Castellammare del Golfo, 16 km from the village of Scopello, and 49 km from the famous seaside resort of San Vito Lo Capo. Alcamo Marina is characterized by a very fine, golden sand beach about 10 km long, absolutely free.
For the Love of Mariastella is a 1946 Italian melodrama film written and directed by Pino Mercanti. Based on a story of the Sicilian writer Giuseppe Zucca, it was mainly shot in the tonnara of Castellammare del Golfo, with some scenes shot in the tonnaras of Scopello and of San Vito Lo Capo. It is considered as a progenitor of pink neorealism.
Camillo Camilliani was an Italian architect, military engineer and sculptor. He is mostly known for the design of watchtowers and other fortifications around the coasts of Sicily.
The Roman furnaces in Alcamo are part of the archaeological complex of Alcamo Marina and were discovered in 2000.
Santa Maria del Rosario is a Catholic church in Alcamo, in the province of Trapani.
Sant'Agostino is a Catholic church located in Alcamo, in the province of Trapani.
Pietro Maria Rocca was an Italian historian.
Santa Maria dello Stellario was a catholic Church located in piazza Ciullo, in the town centre of Alcamo, in the province of Trapani.
The building of the ex Loggia Comunale is located in Alcamo, in the province of Trapani.
San Vito Lo Capo Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located in the municipality of San Vito Lo Capo on the western coast of Sicily at the end of the promontory, with the same name, between the Gulf of Macari and that of Castellammare.
Francesco Domingo is a member of the Sicilian Mafia and the boss of the Castellammare del Golfo Mafia family, which in turn belongs to the mandamento of Alcamo. Domingo is allegedly very close to Matteo Messina Denaro.
Mattanza, literally 'slaughter' or 'killing' in Italian, also known as Almadraba in Spanish and Almadrava in Portuguese, is a traditional tuna fishing technique that uses a series of large nets to trap and exhaust the fish.
