Mazara del Vallo

Mazara del Vallo, a town in southwestern Sicily, Italy.

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Sicily - Italy

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The town lies mainly on the left bank at the mouth of the Mazaro river.

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It is an agricultural and fishing centre and its port gives shelter to the largest fishing fleet in Italy.

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Agricultural - Fishing - Port - Italy

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It also hosts a bronze statue called the Dancing Satyr (Satiro Danzante), found in March 1998 off the local port, at a depth of 500 meters below the Sicily Channel, Mediterranean Sea. The statue is believed to have been sculpted by Greek artist Praxiteles.

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Dancing Satyr - Praxiteles

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Inhabitants: 50,377.

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