Monumento ai Mille, Monument commemorating Italian unification in Marsala, Italy

The Monumento ai Mille stands in Piazza Piemonte e Lombardo, a short walk from the port of Marsala. Completed in 2016 to a design by Ottavio Abramo, it consists of a stone base with two walls bearing the names, surnames and birth years of the 1,089 Garibaldini who landed in 1860. The earlier project by Emanuele Mongiovì, with a 47-metre mast and marble sails forming the number 1000, was abandoned.

The monument marks the arrival of Garibaldi's volunteers on May 11, 1860, when they began their campaign toward Italian unification. This landing in Marsala set in motion events that would reshape the nation's future.

The monument's name comes from the Mille, the roughly 1,089 volunteers who landed at Marsala with Garibaldi. Two walls on the base list each volunteer's name, surname and year of birth, turning the memorial into a roll call of the expedition. The site also houses a tourist info point and a conference room, and displays photographs and relics of the Garibaldini from the Museo Garibaldino in the Convent of San Pietro.

The site can be explored on foot with good views of the coastline and surrounding area from different angles. Morning or early afternoon visits offer better light for viewing the details and taking photographs.

Two walls at the site bear the names and birth dates of all 1089 volunteers who landed with Garibaldi. This personal record transforms the monument into a place where individual stories become visible.