Experience Sicily

Tag: sea salt

  • Fill My Heart with Wind

    This afternoon, on our way back from the ancient Phoenician outpost of Mozia, the salt flats of Marsala and their antique windmills romanced us. See the white mounds on the right? That is sea salt drying before being exported to kitchens around the world.

  • Le Saline or Saltworks of Trapani and Marsala

    The saltworks or “Le Saline” of Trapani and Marsala have been exploited since Phoenician times (c. 800 BC). The shallow salty waters, high temperatures, and arid winds make for excellent conditions for harvesting salt from the sea. For centuries, windmills mechanized the process of cultivating and processing the salt that is exported to kitchens throughout…

  • Trapani’s Treasures

    The shores of Trapani offer a window into its ancient Phoenician past on the island of Mothia or Mozia and to one of Sicily’s ancient industries: salt mining at the Stagno and Trapani salt marshes, where still today, the sea’s salt is extracted and exported to kitchens around the world. Note the windmills in the…