Timeline of Trapani
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Trapani, Sicily, Italy.
Prior to 20th century
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- 249 BCE - Naval Battle of Drepana fought; Carthaginian forces win
- 241 BCE - Romans in power[1]
- 395 CE - Drepanum becomes part of the Eastern Roman Empire.[1]
- 827 CE - Muslim conquest of Sicily; town called "Tarabanis"[1]
- 1097 - Town taken by forces of Norman Roger I of Sicily[1]
- 1200s - San Domenico church established
- 1266 - Battle of Trapani
- 1274 - San Francesco d'Assisi church and convent established
- 1282 - Aragonese in power[1]
- 1284 - Naval siege of Trapani during the War of the Sicilian Vespers[2]
- 1320 - Castello della Colombaia substantially rebuilt
- 1332 - Madonna dell' Annunziata church built near town[3]
- 1363 - Palazzo della Giudecca: a synagogue is founded on the site
- 1421 - Trapani Cathedral construction begins.[3]
- 1432 - Trapani besieged by forces of Louis III of Anjou[2]
- 1455 - Palazzo Lucatelli founded as the Ospedale di Sant’Antonio
- 1523 - Mura di Tramontana redesigned
- 1536 - Santa Maria di Gesù church transferred to new site
- 1570 - Population: 16,286[2]
- 1596 - Porta Oscura astronomical clock installed
- 1638 - Church and College of the Jesuits consecrated
- 1672 - Palazzo Senatorio: Baroque façade constructed
- 1672 - Ligny Tower construction completed
- 1688 - Anime Sante del Purgatorio church established
- 1726 - Earthquake[4](it)
- 1748 - Population: 17,311[2]
- 1760 - Madonna of Trapani church rebuilt.
- 1798 - Population: 24,330[2]
- 1817 - Province of Trapani established with Trapani as its capital
- 1820 - Uprising against Bourbon rule[2]
- 1830 - Biblioteca Fardelliana (library) opens.[5]
- 1843 - State Archives of Trapani established
- 1844 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Trapani established[6]
- 1848 - Sicilian revolution of 1848[3]
- 1848 - Castello di Terra stormed by revolutionaries
- 1849 - Teatro Garibaldi (theatre) built[1]
- 1858 - Isolotto Formica Lighthouse built
- 1861 - Circondario di Trapani (administrative region) established
- 1868 - Former Ice Factory established
- 1874 - Former Fish Market built
- 1880 - Trapani railway station opens
- 1896 - Port of Trapani Colombaia breakwater constructed
- 1897 - Population: 49,992[7]
- 1898 - Villino Nasi completed
20th century
- 1904 - Palazzo D'Alì construction completed
- 1905 - Trapani Calcio football team formed
- 1906 - Population: 47,578.[3]
- 1911 - Population: 59,593[8]
- 1915 - Trapani tram begins operating
- 1920s - Palazzo Montalto built
- c. 1921 - Casina delle Palme constructed
- 1924 - Badia Nuova monastery becomes the Palazzo delle Finanze
- 1927 - Palazzo delle Poste completed
- 1937 - Ferrovia Palermo-Trapani railway begins operating.
- c. 1937 - Casa del Mutilato built
- 1946 - Italian institutional referendum: Trapani voted in favour of the republic[9]
- 1948 - Palazzo D'Alì becomes Trapani’s city hall
- 1952 - Trapani trolleybus begins operating
- 1953 - Fontana del Tritone sculpture installed
- 1954 - Cronoscalata Monte Erice held for the first time
- 1956 - Trapani–Erice Cable Car inaugurated
- 1960 - Stadio Polisportivo Provinciale (stadium) opens in nearby Erice.
- 1964 - Trapani–Birgi Airport inaugurated
- 1968 - January: 1968 Belice earthquake[1]
- 1968 – Sant'Antonio Abate Hospital opens its new facility in Erice
- 1990 - Castello di Terra: modern Questura building completed on the site
- 1993 - Pope John Paul II visits Trapani[10]
- 1995 - Salt pans of Trapani and Paceco became a nature reserve
21st century
- 2001 - Local election held; Girolamo Fazio becomes mayor.
- 2005 - America’s Cup regattas hosted in Trapani[11]
- 2009 - State Archives of Trapani relocated to the former convent of Sant’Anna
- 2012 - Local election held; Vito Damiano becomes mayor.
- 2012 - Museum of Contemporary Art San Rocco founded
- 2013 - Population: 68,967[12]
- 2016 - Sala Laurentina Specus Corallii interior architecture project completed
- 2019 - Port of Trapani fast-ferry terminal inaugurated
- 2021 - Misiliscemi separated from Trapani
- 2021 - Port of Trapani cruise and passenger terminal inaugurated
- 2025 - Mura di Tramontana "Porta sul Mare" opening created[13]
- 2026 - Trapani-Birgi Airport: Ryanair opens operating base
See also
- History of Trapani
- List of mayors of Trapani
- History of Sicily
- Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Insular Italy:(it)
- Sardinia: Timeline of Cagliari
- Sicily: Timeline of Catania, Messina, Palermo, Syracuse
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Storia" (in Italian). Comune di Trapani. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Treccani 1937.
- 1 2 3 4 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ Mario Baratta [in Italian] (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. pp. 839–840. (includes chronology)
- ↑ "Biblioteca Fardelliana di Trapani". Comune di Trapani. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ↑ Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1899). "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
- ↑ "Transizione e consolidamento sub-statale. Il ruolo della Sicilia nella costruzione della democrazia italiana" [Sub-state transition and consolidation. The role of Sicily in the construction of Italian democracy] (PDF). Arcadia (Roma Tre University repository) (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ↑ "Pastoral visit to Sicily (May 8–10, 1993)". The Holy See. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ↑ "Sicily to close 2005 America's Cup season". 32nd America’s Cup. 15 February 2005. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ↑ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ↑ "A Trapani spunta una nuova Porta sul Mare: dov'è la finestra aperta sulle antiche mura". balarm.it. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Drepanum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq.
- "Trapani". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
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- "Trapani", Southern Italy and Sicily (16th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912
- Roy Domenico (2002). "Sicily: Trapani". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 293+. ISBN 0313307334.
in Italian
- Giuseppe Maria Di Ferro [in Italian] (1825). Guida per gli stranieri in Trapani.
- Pagliani, Stefano; Boccardo, Gerolamo (1887), "Trepani", Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), vol. 22 (6th ed.)
- Gaetano Battaglia (1904). "Trapani". Guida descrittiva della Sicilia (in Italian). Palermo: G. Pedone Lauriel.
- "Trapani". Sicilia. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1919. hdl:2027/uc1.$b535988.
- "Trapani", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1937
External links
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