Marsala Province of Trapani Sicily Italy
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Marsala

Marsala (Italian: [marˈsaːla]; also Maissala, local Sicilian: [maɪsˈsaːla]; Latin: Lilybaeum) is an Italian comune located in the Province of Trapani in the westernmost part of Sicily. Marsala is the most populated town in its province and the fifth largest in Sicily.The town is famous for the docking of Giuseppe Garibaldi on 11 May 1860 (the Expedition of the Thousand) and for its Marsala wine. A feature of the area is the Stagnone Lagoon Natural Reserve – a marine area with salt ponds. Marsala is built on the ruins of the ancient Carthaginian city of Lilybaeum, and includes in its territory the archaeological site of the island of Motya, an ancient Phoenician town. The modern name likely derived from the Arabic مَرْسَى عَلِيّ (marsā ʿaliyy, "Ali's harbor"), or possibly مَرْسَى اللّٰه (marsā llāh, "God's harbor").
Known in ancient times as: Lilybaeum
Periods/Settlements: archaic, classical, hellenistic-republican, hellenistic-roman-early-empire, roman, late-antique, modern

Distance between:

Rome to Marsala 285 Miles / 458 Kms
Milan to Marsala 558 Miles / 898 Kms
Venice to Marsala 530 Miles / 853 Kms


Postal Code 91025


Population 2020

Total: 82456
Total Men: 40658
Total Women: 40658

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