Mozia Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
ancient Phoenician and later Greek island city
About Mozia
The island is rich with archaeological excavations and finds from what was an island city. Many beautiful relics are well displayed in the museum. 400,000 m² in size, the history of Mozia is very ancient: as a shipping centre and staging post, and due to its presence near the coast of an important trade city, it was one of the most important Phoenician and Carthaginian settlements in the Mediterranean area. The Phoenicians transformed the inhospitable island, which they called Motya, into one of the most affluent cities of its time, naturally defended by the lagoon as well as high defensive walls. Ancient windmills and salt pans were used for evaporation, salt grinding and refinement, and to maintain the condition of the lagoon and island. The mills and salt pans (called the Ettore Infersa
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