Marzamemi

Frazione in Sicily, Italy

36°44′15.4″N 15°6′57.37″E / 36.737611°N 15.1159361°E / 36.737611; 15.1159361Country

ItalyRegion

SicilyProvinceSyracuse (SR)ComunePachinoElevation

^[1]

2 m (7 ft)Population

(2011)^[1]

• Total367Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

96010

Dialing code(+39) 0931

Marzamemi is a southern Italian hamlet of Pachino and Noto, two municipalities part of the Province of Syracuse, Sicily.

Marzamemi is located by the Ionian Sea coast of the island of Sicily and is 3.97 kilometres (2.47 mi) from Pachino.^[1] It has a population of 367.^[1]

In 1959, a Byzantine merchant ship was found near Marzamemi. The vessel, which might date back to the 6th century during the reign of Justinian I, contained decorative elements of a church’s nave.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The Village of Marzamemi". Italia.Indettaglio.it. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ Ben Zion, Ilan (September–October 2018). "A wreck off the Sicilian coast offers a rare look into the world of Byzantine commerce". Archaeology.

Bibliography

Sorbello, Salvatore (2010). La pesca del tonno nel capolinea del sud. Le tonnare di Vendicari, Marezamemi e Portopalo di Capo Passero (in Italian). Emanuele Romeo Editore. ISBN 9788874280933.