Via Garibaldi (Trapani)

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Via Garibaldi with the Palazzo Burgio (left), facing east-northeast. Comparison 2010 with the view from the first half of the 20th century

The Via Garibaldi is an important street in the old town of Trapani in Sicily . The approximately 300-meter-long street , equipped with modern street furniture , connects Via Torrearsa at the portal of the Chiesa del Carmine with the Piazza Vittorio Veneto with numerous historical buildings on both sides in a west-south-west / east-northeast direction . As a pedestrian zone, it is closed to car traffic and runs parallel to Lungomare Dante Alighieri . Until 1967, the six and a half kilometer long tram line Franvia di Trapani and then the trolleybus Filovia di Trapani ran to the eastern suburbs along its entire length . Today the municipal buses of the company ATM no longer use this route. Every year on Good Friday , Via Garibaldi is the route for the procession.

Particularly noteworthy buildings are to be mentioned (house numbers in ascending order):

  • Palazzo Burgio Baroni di Xirinda from the 15th century, nos. 7-11
  • Baroque church Chiesa della Badia Nuova , No. 8
  • Chiesa di Sant'Alberto , Baroque church mixed with contemporary style, n.62
  • Palazzo Milo from the 17th century with an architecturally valuable ballroom with a small orchestra stage. The palace now houses a newspaper museum, no.74
  • Palazzo Annibale Fardella from the second half of the 18th century
  • Chiesa e Monastero di S. Maria dell'Itria , no.77
  • Business high school Liceo Scientifico Statale "Vincenzo Fardella" , No. 87
  • The administration building of the Cultural Office Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA is located on the south corner of Piazza Vittorio Veneto . di Trapani , no.95

Web links

Commons : Via Garibaldi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Francesco Ogliari: Dilettoso viaggio. Storia dei trasporti italiani. Volume two Sicilia (1900-1940), Cavallotti Editore, Milan 1977

Coordinates: 38 ° 1 ′ 2 ″  N , 12 ° 30 ′ 41 ″  E