Dear friends , good morning ! Lo mi
For fans of Sicily: Erice
Mythology and History but also Culture and Beauty.
One myth says that the town was founded by Erix son of Venus and Bute , one of the Argonauts, while another states that it was the Trojans together with the Sicans who built it in the 12th century BC. Together they took the name of Elymians.
View from the Castle of Venus, towards Custonaci and San Vito Lo Capo.
Above is the Church of San Giovanni, overhanging the sea, and below, a pretty little castle in a state of disrepair.
