page_title: Marsala
section_title: Religious architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Marsala / Main sights / Religious architecture
context_page_description: Marsala is an Italian town located in the Province of Trapani in the westernmost part of Sicily. Marsala is the most populated town in its province and the fifth in Sicily.
  The town is famous for the docking of Giuseppe Garibaldi on 11 May 1860 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, or possibly مَرْسَى اللّٰه.
context_section_description: Marsala Cathedral (17th century) dedicated to Saint Thomas of Canterbury and built on the site of a Norman predecessor from 1176. There is an organ with 4,317 pipes.
  Church of Purgatorio.
  Church of Addolorata.
  Church of Itriella.
  Convent, church and belfry of the Carmine.
  Church of Saint Matthew.
  Church and monastery of Saint Peter.
  Church of Saint John the Baptist.
caption: Church of Purgatorio, currently housing the Auditorium Santa Cecilia.
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