Marsala

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Marsala
Comune
City of Marsala
View of the city's harbour and part of the Saline di Marsala in the background
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Marsala
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Coordinates: 37°47′53″N 12°26′03″E / 37.79806°N 12.43417°E / 37.79806; 12.43417
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Province	Trapani (TP)
Founded	396 BC[2]
Government
• Mayor	Massimo Grillo
Area [3]
• Total	243.26 km2 (93.92 sq mi)
Elevation	3 m (10 ft)
Population  (30 September 2021)[4]
• Total	80,158[1]
Demonym(s)	Marsalese Lilibetano
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	91025
Dialing code	0923
ISTAT code	081011
Patron saint	Our Lady of the Cave (Madonna della Cava) and Saint John the Baptist
Saint day	respectively 19 January and 24 June
Website	comune.marsala.tp.it

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").^[5]