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Motya was an ancient and powerful city on San Pantaleo Island off the west coast of Sicily, in the Stagnone Lagoon between Drepanum (modern Trapani) and Lilybaeum (modern Marsala). It is within the present-day commune of Marsala, Italy.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motya | Condition | In ruins | 1.00 | infobox |
| Motya | Location | Marsala, Sicily, Italy | 1.00 | infobox |
| Motya | Type | Settlement | 1.00 | infobox |
| Motya | is a | artificial lake on an otherwise very dry island that had long puzzled archaeologists since the first excavations by Joseph Whitaker in 1906/07 | 0.90 | text |
| Motya | related to Carthaginian Period | In | 0.60 | section |
| Motya | related to Carthaginian Period | Phoenician | 0.60 | section |
| Motya | related to Carthaginian Period | Sicily | 0.60 | section |
| Motya | related to Carthaginian Period | Carthage | 0.60 | section |
| Motya | related to Carthaginian Period | Diodorus | 0.60 | section |
| Motya | related to Carthaginian Period | Carthaginian | 0.60 | section |
| Motya | related to Carthaginian Period | As | 0.60 | section |
| Motya | related to Carthaginian Period | Greek | 0.60 | section |
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