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Marsala has a relationship with old wine Marsala, the more old wine doc Italian, discovered by John Woodhouse in 1773.
A thriving local industry continued, since the nineteenth century, by Florio family and other Italian entrepreneurs.
The "Route Wine", passes through the vineyards that are lost before their eyes and stopped off in small and large businesses that have marked the history of the city , as well as in wine cooperatives which produce and bottle wine quality . Fifty members of the Association of companies "Route of the Marsala wine. Lands of the West " wich |
has its point of reception in May via XI.
The City of Marsala, in cooperation with other organizations, organizes the biennial "Vinoro", international exhibition of wines, cakes, raisin and liqueur in which the Marsala has a place of excellence.
The "Salt Road" crosses the natural reserve of the tin, including tanks that reflect the colors of the sky and white mountains of salt covered with tiles.
Along the coast road in the direction of Trapani, meet the pans and windmills, the lagoon of the tin with its beautiful sunsets. The lagoon and the islands of the Lagoon are a great natural reserve of great environmental value.
Marsala, for years, take the European Blue Flag for its clean sea and functionality of services. |
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Pellegrino Wineries
www.carlopellegrino.it
Florio Wineries
www.cantinaflorio.it |
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| To visite |
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| A monumental St.Pietro
Church of Purgatory
Wine Fountain
Baglio Anselmi
St. Giovanni Church
Piazza S. Girolamo
Porta Garibaldi
Palazzo VII Aprile
Mother Church
The Tapestry
Convento del Carmine: www.pinacotecamarsala.it
Erice
Segesta
Mozia
Favignana
San Vito lo Capo |
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Archaeological Museum - Open from Tuesday 'on Saturday from 09.00 to 19.00 Sunday and holidays from 9.00 to 13.00,
tel 0923 952535.
Punic Ship - Open from Tuesday to Saturday from 09.00 to 19.00 Sunday and holidays from 9.00 to 13.00, tel 0923 952535.
Tapestry Museum - Open daily from 09.00 to 13.00 and from 16.00 to 18.00 Sundays and holidays from 09.00 to 13.00, tel 0923 711327/ 320 1860115.
Villa Romana Museum- For visits, contact the Archaeological Museum phone 0923 952535.
Wine Museum and the ancient Roman civilization - Open daily from 15.00 to 18.00 Free admission for information tel.
0923 969667
Mozia- Open every day, to visit the island, from 09.00 to 15.00 Telephone 0923 712598.
A monumental St.Pietro - Open daily from 09.00 to 13.00 and from 16.00 to 20.00. Phone 0923 718741.
Convento del Carmine "Municipal Gallery - Open daily from 10.00 to 13.00 and from 17.00 to 19.00 tel. 0923 711631/0923
713822.
Saline Ettore Salt Museum - Open daily from 09.30 to 13.30 and from 14.30 to 16.30 tel. 0923 966936
Museum Mirabile "Of the peasant traditions and arts" - www.museomirabilemarsala.it |
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| Events |
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Easter, faith and floklore
HOLY WEEK - The most significant of Holy Week is the procession of groups living on Thursday that evokes the Via Crucis. A procession with hundreds of players and set out, all in period costume, through the city between two wings of the crowd. The scenes, sometimes dramatic, are revived with great intensity the ascent to Calvary and the death of Christ that many times along the way falls under the weight of the cross. Is also the sequence of dramatic scenes of the Crucifixion, represented in the evening.
MADONNA DELLA CAVA - patroness of the city, has its shrine in a cave in the area of Porticella, where the statue of the Madonna was found inside a pit in the early 500. January 19 is celebrated with a procession of the faithful.
SAN GIUSEPPE - Each year, on 19 March, a poor family, which symbolizes St. Giuseppe, Mary and Jesus, is "invited" to a banquet on an altar set up outdoors in some quarters Marsala. Striking is the choreography, fed popular participation.
SAINT JOHN - The patron of the city is celebrated June 24 with an event that mixes the sacred and the profane. The faithful visit the well of Sybil, requesting the happiness and luck.
Events Garibaldine
Marsala, a city of a Thousand, recalls the landing of Garibaldi each year with events that go on for a whole weekend,sometimes for a week.
Main day on 11 May when it is recalled in a solemn manner also the Anglo-American bombing of 1943 for which the city was awarded a gold medal for civic value.
Manifestations include Garibaldi conferences, forums on topics of the Risorgimento, guided tours and tastings of food and wine.
Summer Together
From July to September, a rich calendar of events in the historical and entertaining in the most picturesque areas of the
city: "Outdoor Cinema", in the splendid scenery of the monumental complex of San Pietro, music events, theater, cabaret,
folk and animations . A set of lights and colors brings alive the city and can spend whole evenings with light-heartedness.
Vinoro
The international exhibition of sweet wines, raisin liqueur and is held every two years in mid-October and is characterized by various appointments.
Scheduled taste workshops, a showcase of local products, conferences, exhibitions, guided tours, excursions. |
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www.comune.marsala.tp.it
www.airgest.it - "Vincenzo Florio" Airpot
www.gesap.it - "Falcone-Borsellino" Airpot
www.ryanair.com - Fly low cost
www.autoservizisalemi.it - regional and national
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tel. 0923 989148 - cell.3396259170 - cell. 3494324649 - email: daisiciliani@libero.it
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