Ventotene Island - Italian Smaller Islands

Ventotene Island

(Italian: Isola di Ventotene)
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By far the smallest of Ponza, with 124 hectares.
Reached from Formia and Anzio, in summer, from Terracina.
About a mile, the uninhabited island of St. Stephen with former imprisonment Bourbon closed in 1965, visited by guided tours and excursions departing from Ventotene.
Both islands are of volcanic origin and composed mainly of yellow tuff, trachyte and basalt.
Ventotene is an island with unspoiled nature, despite the presence of man since Roman times, which can already be seen landing in the small Roman port, with caves and cleats dug into the tufa.
Within the island, Roman cisterns and the remains of Villa Giulia in Punta Eolo.
An archaeological museum collects artifacts from shipwrecks and floor.
Some beaches are within walking distance: Calanave, Cala Rossa, whose area is running the New Haven, Grand Parade, reached by a staircase; La Peschiera, consisting of limestone cliffs near the Roman fishpond.
By boat, you can reach isolated beaches or reefs: Piane del Monaco, Giardinello Punta Eolo, Cala Woods, Plain Pascone, Paratela, Punta Arch, Salt Cellars Acqua Dolce, Postina Parade, Battle Cove.
The country's eighteenth-century, surprises for the family atmosphere, a walk inland through Olive Street that runs throughout the island, the quiet surprise, the magic air.
Born on this island, by Spinelli, Rossi and Colorni, "Manifesto of Ventotene for a free and united, and every year in September, meetings and seminars will Europeanist renew the spirit.
The feast of Santa Candida, September 20, culminating in a launch at sea of small paper balloons painted by the islanders.
It was established in 1997, the protected marine area of the islands Ventotene and Boxing Day, which was followed in 1999 the establishment of the State Nature Reserve homonymous
MONUMENTS AND MUSEUMS:
Historical Museum of Archaeology: artifacts recovered from underwater and terrestrial sites, Piazza Castello, 1, Library and Central European Federalist - Via Roma Roman cisterns ("prisoners" and "Villa Stefania"), with frescoes, in the heart of ' island, the remains of Villa Giulia in Punta Eolo, place of exile of Julia, daughter of Emperor Augustus, Roman harbor, carved into volcanic rock, the Migration Museum and Observatory Ornithological
Ports, harbors and refugees:
New Haven, Cala Rossa, for commercial shipping, including ships, boats and pleasure craft, Porto Romano, without access vessels with draft over 2 meters and a length greater than 12 meters from Modesto dock; Allies Cyrus - Porto Romano

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