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Mozia (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 52 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.8660 decimal degrees |
| Long: 012 27 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 12.4500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Mozia was an ancient Punic city on the small island of San Pantaleo (also historically called Mozia) off the west coast of Sicily, north of Marsala; settled by Phoenicians from Syria during the 8th century BCE; an important commercial center until it was destroyed by Dionysius the Elder in 397 BCE. |
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| Mozia (preferred,C,V)
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| Mozzia (C,V,Sicilian,U)
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| Motya (C,V)
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| Motye (C,V)
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| Mothia (C,V)
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| Μοτύη (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Μοτύα (C,V)
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Sicily (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Mozia (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Sicily (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Mozia (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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occupied from 8th century BCE until it was destroyed in 397 BCE |
| ancient site (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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excavations began in 1906 |
| inhabited place (H) |
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| city (H) |
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| Punic (Carthaginian) (H) |
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