Monte Erice

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Monte Erice from the south

The Monte Erice is an 840 m (m slm) high mountain in the Trapani municipal consortium in Sicily , Italy, which is part of the Monti di Trapani . Erice is lying on top of it . Its name comes from the time of the Greek colonization of the western tip of Sicily. The Greeks named him after the son of Aphrodite , Eryx (Έρυξ). In the summer months, the Trapani cable car takes you from Trapani city center up to the mountain plateau.

geography

Pseudoscabiosa limonifolia

The mountain is already taking in the city of Trapani area, covers an area of approximately 18.3 km 2 and is a highly visible from the sea landmark . While the slope towards the sea is moderate, the slope towards the inland is mostly steep; access is not possible. This is also the reason why the city ​​wall of Erice was only built on the lake-side city boundary and not only because the enemies to be fended off were more likely to be expected from there.

The mountain is mostly overgrown with dwarf Aleppo pine , downy oak and holm oak as well as numerous Mediterranean maquis-typical flora such as gorse and hogweed . On the northern slopes of the family which grows between the crevices Dipsacaceae belonging Pseudoscabiosa limonifolia ( Italian vedovina trapanese, "Trapanesische scabious").

The Monte Erice is the source of the Lenzi stream , which together with the Baiata covers a catchment area of ​​129 km 2 . Between the source and its mouth in the Mediterranean Sea there are 761.5 meters in altitude and 18 kilometers in length. It rises in the municipality of Erice and then flows through Valderice , Paceco and Trapani.

Sports

Every autumn since 1954, the Cronoscalata Monte Erice has been a car race on the mountain. The 50th run was held in 2007 with only a few interruptions. It is included in the ranking for the Italian Mountain Speed Championship ( Campionato Italiano Velocità Montagna CIVM). With an average gradient of 6.8% and a route length of 5730 meters, almost 400 meters of altitude are overcome. The route goes from Valderice to Erice.

Web links

Commons : Monte Erice  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scheda tecnica di identificazione. Bacino idrografico del fiume Lenzi-Baiata . Regione Siciliana PAI Bacino Lenzi-Baiata, page 5 in the Internet Archive .
  2. ↑ La nostra storia. Automobile Club Trapani

Coordinates: 38 ° 2 ′ 15 ″  N , 12 ° 35 ′ 16 ″  E