Dodging the Rain

Being the first Sunday in the month yesterday our entry into the Archeological Park at Selinunte was free. This might have attracted a few more visitors than there would otherwise have been, but not hordes. After a downpour, the sun came out.

There are many temples at Selinunte, but only one, possibly dedicated to Hera, has been rebuilt.

It seems that the temples here were partly destroyed during disputes with Carthage, and then further collapse came about with an earthquake in medieval times.

The rain returned this morning with a vengeance and having driven to Zingaro Nature Reserve for a walk, we instead decided to head back to Trapani, and stop off at San Vito di Capo for lunch. We took a few photos first.

San Vito di Capo is a very attractive seaside town with low-rise houses, many painted in pale pastel colours, with wrought-iron balconies.

The main building in the square, Santuario di San Vito, started out as a Saracen fortress, but is now a church.

San Vito (St Vitus in English) was born in Sicily and martyred by the Romans. He is the patron saint of dancers and his name has, of course, been appropriated to identify a disease of the central nervous system.

After the exterior, the inside of the church comes as a little of a surprise.

We tried a Sicilian speciality after lunch – cannoli. They are fried pastry tubes filled with ricotta cheese. They were delicious, but we are warned to only eat them when they are freshly filled.