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EOLIAN ISLANDS

 

Historian place of the Mediterranean sea, these islands join to the fascination of their nature, an ambient fruit of one culture millenarian. They are an archipelago of origin and volcanic nature. In truth they are ten of which only seven lived and more important.

History: In the antiquity they were said Efestie or later Volcano islands and were thought dwelling of Eolo, the king of the twenty. They rise from a species of platform to level of the isobata one of 1000 mt, and are all constituted from lave and vulcaniche cliffs of several ages. To the emersione, beyond to I accumulate of vulcanico material, have contributed movements of bradisismo. The vulcanica activity is absent in the islands of Alicudi, Filicudi and Salina. To Lipari and Panarea there are fumarole; to Lipari also warm sources. The still active Volcanos are Stromboli and Vulcano. They have a total area of 115 Kmq with one score of centers. The common one of Lipari embraces all the islands, except Salt, is divided between S. Salt Marina, Malfa and Leni. All depend on the prov. of Messina.

 

Vulcano whith its characteristic sulfur smell , the mud baths, the volcanic gas that dull give under the sea and the black beaches because the volcanic sand. On the right you can see the top of crater. Enlarge it >>>>>>>>>>
Lipari with the numerous archaeological remains very collected and catalogued in a museum to visit. Famous it is the cultivation of the grape "malvasia" that it produces the wine whit the same name.
Stromboli has a crater in constant activity from at least two millenia.
Filicudi has seen to disembark on its coasts people coming from every places. The rests of a huts village of the bronze age, were found on this island. See the photo.
Alicudi It's the island to the west of the archipelago.
Panarea It's caracteristic is: the landscape and the life style of the inhabitants.
Salina It'a the only one not to depend on the common of Lipari. Geographicaly It's to the centre of the archipelago.
CONNECTIONS. You can go to The Eolie Islands from the Milazzo's port with daily connections in ship ferry or hydrofoil. The main societies of navigation are: "SIREMAR", "NGI" and SNAV. Recently the "TARANTO NAVIGAZIONE" society offers interesting daily cruises where you can see two o three islands in the same day.
TIMETIBLES Links SIREMAR SNAV TARANTO NAVIGAZIONE

 

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