The village was brought to light thanks to excavations between 1952 and 1969 in a large plateau at 100 metres above sea level. The reason for this position probably derives from defensive needs that led the population to move from the village of Filo Braccio to Capo Graziano. The village extends no...

Thanks to their geographical position, the Aeolian Islands have had a remarkable role since prehistoric times in the trade routes of the Mediterranean from East to West, through the Strait of Messina, and the Tyrrhenian Sea area. The ships that frequented these seas in ancient times connected the I...

The first populations have been present in Filicudi, as well as in the other six islands, since the Upper Neolithic Age around 5000 BC. The fairly recent excavations carried out in the locality of Capo Graziano have brought to light around twenty oval-shaped huts, some of them with a “herringbone...

Though the fifth largest island in the Aeolian archipelago, Filicudi is only partly inhabited. Despite its small size, the villages on the coast of Filicudi are dominated by an imposing [approfondimenti id="31384" testo_link="volcanic structure"], now inactive, 774 metres above sea level. [dettag...