Marsala

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Marsala is a coastal city in western Sicily, Italy, best known for producing the fortified wine that shares its name.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Marsala wine 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
climate Mediterranean climate
continent Europe
country Italy
governingCountry Italian Republic
hasAlcoholicBeverageSpecialty Marsala self-linksurface differs
surface form: Marsala wine
hasEconomicActivity fishing
tourism
viticulture
wine production
hasGeographicalFeature salt pans nearby
hasHeritage Phoenician archaeological sites
Roman archaeological remains
hasHistoricRole important Sicilian wine-exporting center
hasNameOrigin named after Marsala wine
hasNearbyIsland Motya
surface form: Mozia (Motya)

Stagnone Lagoon islands
hasNotableProduct Marsala DOC wine
hasPort yes
hasSettlementType comune
hasWineRegionStatus yes
isCoastalCity true
isWineRegion true
knownFor archaeological heritage
coastal tourism
fortified wine industry
production of Marsala wine
languageUsed Italian
locatedIn Province of Trapani
Sicily
Sicily
surface form: western Sicily
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea
Strait of Sicily
surface form: Sicilian Channel

coast
partOf Tyrrhenian region
surface form: Insular Italy

Italy
region Sicily
religionMajority Roman Catholicism
sharesNameWith Marsala self-linksurface differs
surface form: Marsala wine
transport port facilities
regional road connections
wineTypeProduced dry wine
fortified wine
sweet wine

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Marsala hasAlcoholicBeverageSpecialty Marsala self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Marsala wine
Sicily hasCity Marsala
Motya near Marsala
Trapani near Marsala
Marsala sharesNameWith Marsala self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Marsala wine