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Also known as Motya

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Ancient site.name
Motya
Ancient site.image
Motya (8).jpg
Ancient site.caption
Motya
Ancient site.map_type
Italy Sicily#Italy
Ancient site.location
Marsala, Sicily, Italy
Ancient site.type
Settlement
Ancient site.condition
In ruins

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Area
0.65
Official website
www.isoladimozia.it
Image
Murs Mozia.jpg
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19 sections
Contents
  • Names
  • Location and site
  • History
  • Phoenician Period
  • Carthaginian Period
  • Siege of Motya
  • Greek and Roman Periods
  • Middle Ages
  • Archaeology
  • Motya Charioteer
  • The earliest settlement
  • The Kothon
  • City walls
  • House of mosaics
  • In fiction
  • References
  • Citations
  • Bibliography
  • External links

right|thumb|Position of Motya thumb|350px|Temple of Baal thumb|250px|Plan and sites of Motya island

Motya was an ancient and powerful city on San Pantaleo Island off the west coast of Sicily, in the Stagnone Lagoon between Drepanum (modern Trapani) and Lilybaeum (modern Marsala). It is within the present-day commune of Marsala, Italy.

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