Aeolian Islands: Virtual tour of the acropolis of Lipari

360 ° virtual itinerary to the Acropolis of Lipari Click on the images to access the virtual tour Requires QuickTime version 5 or higher (automatic download) It should be used with Internet Explorer in compatible version   ... Continue Reading →

The Archaeological Museum in Lipari

  SECTION I It is located in the ancient palace of the bishops, next to the Cathedral, built in the seventeenth century. Materials of the excavations of the Acropolis of Lipari ROOM I – On display are the materials of the two older stages of the Neolithic Eoliano. ROOM II – Materials of the third and […] ... Continue Reading →

Aeolian in the Unesco World Heritage list

According to the World Heritage Convention, for cultural heritage means a monument, group of buildings or site of historical, aesthetic, archaeological, scientific, ethnological or anthropological. The natural heritage, however, indicates relevant physical, biological, and geological, as well as the habitat of endangered plant and animal species and areas of particular scientific and aesthetic value. The […] ... Continue Reading →
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General information on the Aeolian Islands

HISTORY History The Aeolian islands were populated at the beginning of the fourth millennium BC from people coming from Sicily, pushed from the immense economic resource offering from obsidian erupted from the volcano of Mount Pelato. The obsidian, a volcanic glass cutting black, was sought when they had spread the metalworking and formed the basis […] ... Continue Reading →

The Aeolian cuisine and his recipes

The Aeolian cuisine and his recipes From the little information that give us the ancient writers, the predominant part of the Aeolian cuisine Greek and Roman had to be made from fish. Diodorus Siculus (10 V, 1-3) expressly says that the island of Lipari “provided its inhabitants fish of all kinds in large quantities.” Diodorus […] ... Continue Reading →
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Esemar: flying on the Aeolian Islands

All information relating to the Aeolian Islands, Island to Island Historical, geographical, tourist informations. For each Island: virtual Flight, 360 ° immersive images, maps, videos and itineraries Where to eat, where to sleep. The most comprehensive site for information on the Aeolian islands. Click on the names of the islands to go directly to the […] ... Continue Reading →

The colors of the Aeolian Islands

The colors of the Aeolian Islands In the north-east of Sicily there is a corner of paradise where the mystery of nature is reflected seven times in the waters of a crystal clean sea. One has the impression to admire something that belongs at the beginning of the world, the seven islands of the archipelago […] ... Continue Reading →

Aeolus and the islands of the winds

Aeolus and the islands of the winds The name derives Eolo the greek “Aiolos” meaning fast. One story of Aeolus, a greek prince who ruled a colony on the Aeolian Islands. Because he is a man of understanding, achieved a certain fame because he could predict the weather by the shape of the clouds of […] ... Continue Reading →