The thermal springs of the island of Lipari are remembered by writers from Greek and Roman times (Aristotle, Diodorus, Strabo, Athenaeum and Pliny) and were so famous that one of the minor thermal baths of Rome bore the name of Aeolia.
“ In the island of Lipara they say that there is a place with...
Pumice is a magmatic rock caused by very violent explosive eruptions. If you look closely at a small pumice stone you will see very small round holes that are not connected to each other and therefore do not allow water to penetrate the rock.
This makes it a rock with a lower density than water, w...
The north-eastern part of the island of Lipari, and in other parts, is covered by a layer of very white [approfondimenti id="31483" testo_link="pumice"]. This was emitted by Monte Pilato, a small hill located between the villages of Canneto and Acquacalda, in the Porticello locality. In reality, ver...
The polis of the living and the necropolis of the dead
At the foot of the Castle, where the modern town extends today, and at the beginning of the Diana quarter, the town of Lipari developed during the Greek and Roman ages.
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Unfortunately, almost nothing remains of the town from the Greek age due to the destruction by th...
The Cathedral of Lipari and the Norman Cloister of the Benedictine Monastery
The oldest church in the Castle is the Cathedral, dedicated to [approfondimenti id="31467" testo_link="St. Bartholomew"], It is located in the centre of the Castle’s concourse, and was built by the Normans between 1100 and 1200. The current façade was built in 1861 together with the unfinished be...
Lipari Castle is almost “fused” with the majestic lava dome on top of which it is built and through which it juts out into the sea, rising to a height of around fifty metres.
[caption id="attachment_18283" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Photo of the Castle of Lipari from the sea, which tak...
It is said that the city of Lipari was built before the Trojan War by Liparo.
Starting from the Neolithic age up to the 3rd millennium BC, the population of the island can be defined as varied and multi-ethnic, since it had been populated by groups from Sicily, Greece, Campania and neighbouring are...
MiC – Ministero della Cultura
Legge 77/2006 - Misure Speciali di Tutela e Fruizione dei Siti Italiani di Interesse Culturale, Paesaggistico e Ambientale, inseriti nella “Lista Del Patrimonio Mondiale”, posti sotto la Tutela dell’ UNESCO Regione Siciliana.
Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana, Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana.
Parco archeologico della Valle dei Templi di Agrigento.
