MAZARA IN INGLWSE

A window on Mazara...

MAZARA DEL VALLO

about 52,000 inhabitants live in Mazara; It's a multicultural town where people coming from different countries live together in peace.

INHABITANTS

Armony

!!!!1INTEGRATION!!!!

...DIFFERENT IN RELIGION AND CULTURE...

BLUE SEA LAND

PEOPLE FROM different COUNTRIES CoME TO SEE THIS AMAZING EVENT

Sicilian puppets

Sicilian cart

Sicilian tarantella

Our amazing traditions

ICE CREAM ARANCINAGAMBERO ROSSO . . . . . . . .

OUR SPECIALITIES

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The main local working activities are: Fisheries, Agriculture and there are some industries. in our town the most popular food is Gambero rosso that is caught in the Sicily channel.

Economy

OUR FISH...

Mazara is on the Mediterranean Sea and it's crossed by two rivers: the Mazaro and the Arena.

The territory

Urban structure of the historic center

The historic center of Mazara del Vallo is made up of four districts organized according to the layout of the" Medina", an Arab urban layout: the• Kasbah, that is the Islamic district par excellence located along the quadrilateral of the ancient walled city: San Francesco to the west, the Giudecca to the east, Xitta and San Giovanni street

• "La Giudecca" is a neighbourhood inhabited in the past, by the Jewish community, bounded on the south by to Via Goti, a narrow and winding road that opens into the splendid "Piazza di San Michele".

"RUE DELLA GIUDECCA"

Xitta, the oldest neighbourhood after Giudecca, is located at the intersection of Via Veneto and Corso Umberto.

• San Giovanni, embraces the rest of the walled city and is still the seat of civil and religious power. The heart of the neighbourhood is Piazza della Repubblica.

SAN GIOVANNI

Sea ​​that returns treasures

Sea ​​that returns treasures

Fished out of Sicilian channel, the Satyr is one of the most important monuments of our city

satiro

before

NOWADAYS

NOW repubblica square

Norman arch BEFORE

before vs after

SANT IGNAZIO CURCH

CATHEDRAL CURCH

NORMAN ARCH

GARIBALDI THEATRE

MONUMENTS

San Francesco church was built on a preexisting church, dedicated to San Biagio, built by Conte Ruggero D' Altavilla in the second part of the XI century.

SAN FRANCESCO

the city ​​of 100 bell towers

The promenade

we will conquer you all

we are ready to go

THANKS!

MAZARA DEL VALLLO