Marsala

Marsala (Sicilian: Maissala; Latin: Lilybaeum) is an Italian city in Sicily. It is in the Province of Trapani. In 2017, 82,640 people lived there. The city is known for the docking of Giuseppe Garibaldi on 11 May 1860 (the Expedition of the Thousand) and for its Marsala wine. Marsala is built on the ruins of the ancient Carthaginian city of Lilybaeum, and is a famous archaeological site of the island of Motya, an ancient Phoenician town. References