San Pantaleo

San Pantaleo (Mozia)
	View of the island
Waters	Mediterranean Sea
Archipelago	Isole dello Stagnone di Marsala
Geographical location	37 ° 52 '6 " N , 12 ° 28' 7" E Coordinates: 37 ° 52 '6 " N , 12 ° 28' 7" E
length	900 m
width	710 m
surface	45 ha
Highest elevation	55 m
Residents	10 (2001 [1] ) ; 22 inhabitants / km²
main place	Mozia ; (historical)
	Map of the island with the ancient city of Mozia

San Pantaleo is the only inhabited island in the Isole dello Stagnone di Marsala archipelago , which lies off the west coast of Sicily and is part of the urban area of Marsala . 10 inhabitants live here on an area of around 45 hectares (2001 census).

San Pantaleo is only the second largest after Isola Grande , but it is the most famous island in this group of islands, as it contains the remains of the ancient Phoenician city of Mozia (also Motya ). The earliest traces of human activity date from the Paleolithic , and there are also indications of settlement in the Copper or Early Bronze Age . However, the history of the island has hardly been researched at that time. A settlement that existed from the Middle to the End Bronze Age of Sicily (Motya layer II – IIIB, approx. 1650–900 BC) has been much better investigated . The last phase ended with the destruction of the settlement, after which San Pantaleo was probably uninhabited according to the excavation findings until the establishment of a Phoenician colony (Motya IVA, from 800 BC). In ancient times the island was called Motya (or Motye) by the Greeks - like the Phoenician city; in Phoenician inscriptions her name is usually given as mtw . In the 11th century the island was renamed San Pantaleo by the Basilians .

Whitaker house on the island

Location of San Pantaleo in the group of Isole dello Stagnone di Marsala

Individual evidence

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↑ On the prehistoric finds: Lorenzo Nigro: Mozia nella Preistoria e le rotte Levantine. I prodromi della colonizzazione fenica tra secondo e primo millennio AC nei receti scavi della Spienza. In: Alberto Cazzella, Alessandro Guidi, Federico Nomi (eds.): Ubi minor… Le isole minori del Mediterraneo centrale dal Neolitico ai primi contatti coloniali. Convegno di Studi in ricordo di Giorgio Buchner, a 100 anni dalla nascita (1914–2014) Anacapri, 27 ottobre - Capri, 28 ottobre - Ischia / Lacco Ameno, 29 ottobre 2014. (= Scienze dell 'Antichità 22-2, 2016) , Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome 2016, pp. 339–365. Online version at Academia.edu

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[2] On the prehistoric finds: Lorenzo Nigro: Mozia nella Preistoria e le rotte Levantine. I prodromi della colonizzazione fenica tra secondo e primo millennio AC nei receti scavi della Spienza. In: Alberto Cazzella, Alessandro Guidi, Federico Nomi (eds.): Ubi minor… Le isole minori del Mediterraneo centrale dal Neolitico ai primi contatti coloniali. Convegno di Studi in ricordo di Giorgio Buchner, a 100 anni dalla nascita (1914–2014) Anacapri, 27 ottobre - Capri, 28 ottobre - Ischia / Lacco Ameno, 29 ottobre 2014. (= Scienze dell 'Antichità 22-2, 2016) , Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome 2016, pp. 339–365. Online version at Academia.edu