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Marina di Ragusa
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Marina di Ragusa
Total population
5,277
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Overview
Marina di Ragusa, also known as Mazzarelli, is a southern Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of Ragusa, a municipality seat of the homonym province, Sicily. In 2025 it had a population of 7,000 which during the summer rises to more than 60,000.
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History
The remains of a Greek settlement of the 5th century BC, when this area was under the control of Kamarina, have been found on the banks of the nearby river Irminio that was used as canal-port. The village was known since the Byzantine era (5th century) when a loading pier was built to export the local products. The Arab geographer El Idrisi writes that during the Arab domination (827-1091) it was called Marsa A'Rillah (small port) and during the years 1584 and 1596 a watchtower known as Torre Cabrera was built by order of the Count B. Cabrera next to the port of the village due to Saracen-ships sailing this stretch of sea. It remained a sleepy fishing village until the 1870s when its port was extensively used for the export of the local asphalt, mined in Ragusa, to numerous European capitals. It was called Mazzarelli until 1928 when the local council changed the name in Marina di Ragusa. During the 1960s, it became a tourist resort, a role which it still maintains today.
Geography
Marina di Ragusa is located by the Mediterranean coast of the island of Sicily, directly opposite the island of Malta. It is 6 km from Santa Croce Camerina, 11 from Donnalucata, 17 from Scicli, 24 from Ragusa and 27 from Modica.
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Nearby places in Sicily
- Casuzze1.6 mi away · pop. 552
- Punta Secca3.3 mi away · pop. 339
- Santa Croce Camerina3.4 mi away · pop. 11,151
- Donnalucata4.8 mi away · pop. 3,533
- Puntarazzi10 mi away · pop. 338
- Pedalino16.6 mi away · pop. 2,124
- Santa Maria del Focallo21.9 mi away · pop. 1,168
- Testa dell'Acqua26.3 mi away · pop. 213
- San Corrado di Fuori29.9 mi away · pop. 705
- Marzamemi31.3 mi away · pop. 399
- Lido di Noto31.3 mi away · pop. 789
- Butera34.4 mi away · pop. 4,113
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Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API