Ventotene

Ventotene is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the coast of Campania, Italy. It is the remains of an ancient volcano, and is part of the Pontine Islands. In Roman times it was known as Pandataria and Pandateria. It is also a commune belonging to the province of Latina (Lazio). The island is elongated, with a length of 3 kilometres and a maximum width of about 800 metres. Santo Stefano is located 2 kilometres to the east, and Ponza is 40 kilometres to the west. The commune with the same name has 633 permanent residents. It includes the island of St. Stefano, which is the site of a massive prison, now closed. Sourced with thanks from En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventotene Thanks to the particularity of the territory, thousands of migrant birds choose it as a stopping place during their flight from the South of Africa to the North of Europe. Thanks to these characteristics, Ventotene is among the sea and terrestrial parks established in 1998. A few miles away from Ventotene there is the islet of Santo Stefano. Besides the delightful circular tub that Julius once used for his bath, the islet owes its notoriety to the bourbon prison active until the sixties and which today is visited by tourists during excursions and guided visits. Ventotene Island, residue of an ancient volcano, is less than three kilometres long.

Pandataria , as the island was anciently called, was chosen at the end of the First century b.C. by the emperor August as a golden exile for his daughter Giulia, who was confined for her immoral behaviour. The imperial villa, the method of collection and distribution of rain-water, the harbour dug out in tufa, a jewel which is still intact, authentic masterpiece of the engineering of that period, are only a few examples ofthe beauty of Ventotene. Today we can also admire: the eel-ponds, the fish-ponds, the salt-cellars, the necropolis of Calabattaglia and the museum where we can find the beauty of the submarine archaelogical richness of Ventotene. The uncontaminated and deep sea, rich of permanent fauna, offers an ideal habitat for the reproduction of innumerable species of fish and for the transit of crowds of cetacean such as dolphins, whales and sperm whales. Sourced with thanks from En.venere.com/hotels_ventotene

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