Marsala Marsala, beginning the process of Italian unification. On 11 May 1943, in the lead-up to the World War II Allied invasion of Sicily, an Allied bombardment of the town permanently damaged its Baroque centre and claimed many victims: "Marsala Wiped Off the Map" titled the New York Times on 13 May 1943. The archaeological area of Marsala has been investigated both through excavations and topographic studies. Lilybaeum, the ancient town, took up a rectangular area on Capo Boeo, a low and rocky promontory sloping gently down towards the sea. The urban layout of the town can be dated back to
Chrobry fortified village in Szprotawa Chrobry fortified village in Szprotawa The Chrobry fortified village (Polish: "Gród Chrobry", German: "Wallburg Chrobry"), named for the Polish first crowned king Boleslaw Chrobry, and located in the town of Szprotawa (), is an archaeological earthwork and a historical monument in the province of Lower Silesia, one of the largest of its kind in Poland. The site lies in the old Bóbr river valley, in the Park Słowiański nature reserve, and comprises a polygonal plateau of in size, which is raised 6 metres above its surroundings. The surface of the polygon is flat throughout, and has regular, steep inclined edges.