by Serena Perfetto

There is a story behind the Sicilian city of Trapani, well known for keeping its old features of a fishing village but able to become, over time, the most important and strategic port in the island.

Indeed, legend tells about Demeter, the goddess of harvests, who - while looking for her lost daughter - in a moment of despair, dropped her sickle: as it fell to earth and landed close to the sea, a city grew from it, in the shape of the Goddess' scythe.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano