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Salt Pans of Trapani

Das Meersalz von Trapani/Sizilien wird durch natürliche Verdunstung hergestellt. Das Meerwasser wird in flache Becken eingeleitet, wo es verdunstet und das Salz am Boden zurücklässt. Sowohl der Transport des Meerwassers von einem Becken zum anderen als auch das Mahlen des Salzes selbst erfolgten mit Hilfe von Windmühlen, von denen einige heute renoviert sind.

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The primary activity in the lagoons was the production of salt:

the method is fairly simple and consists of channelling sea water into small ponds, allowing it to evaporate under the sun and collecting the salt which is then left to dry in piles which are covered in terracotta tiles that take on the appearance of the roof of a house. The water was pumped using wind mills, some of which have been restored and remain visible today.

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Uploaded on September 27, 2015
Taken on April 15, 2015