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Hotel Elimo - Erice (TP)
Sacred city to the Elimis, in ancient times Erice was center of a famous cult devoted to the goddess of the fertility: Venus Ericina, Astartis for the Phoenician, Aphrodite for the Greeks. Punic Fortress, during the Roman era it becomes less important. With the Arabs before and the Normans afterwards it turns remarkable again with the construction of the gates, the fortification of the walls. It’s the period of the Churces and the Cathedral. Only in 1935 Erice is named after the nowadays name, since until up to that moment it was "Mountain St. Giuliano." |
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