Marsala wine "solera" system used to produce Sherry in Jerez, Spain. Woodhouse recognized that the "in perpetuum" process raised the alcohol level and alcoholic taste of this wine while also preserving these characteristics during long distance sea travel. Woodhouse further believed that fortified Marsala would be popular in England. Marsala indeed proved so successful that Woodhouse returned to Sicily and, in 1796, began its mass production and commercialization. In 1806, it was Benjamin Ingham (1784–1861), arriving in Sicily from Leeds, who opened new markets for Marsala in Europe and the Americas. In 1833, the entrepreneur Vincenzo Florio, a Calabrese by birth and
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.