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The story of a journey into the nature of the Pontine islands begins at the dawn of a new day.An known archipelago that reserve always something as famous destinations away from Italy, authentic magic frames, surprising landscapes, colors and emotions that everyone would warm by being touched, thousand and thousands times, in the silence that amplifies the wonderful sounds of wild life.
The sunrise, today as always is right by the sea. If we consider Ponza as a hypothetical center of this archipelago, with its half-moon shape and the small Gavi to the northeast as its hat,separated only by a canal of just 130 meters, then to the west is Palmarola, to northeast the Zannone, and then to southeast Ventotene with the nearby Santo Stefano
We are in Ponza, but the clamor of the VIPs island are far.
If begin to visit, all starts from the Pilate of Judea heritage: the Cave of Pilate in fact belonged to a rich Roman villa which numerous remains are still visible on the headland. It is dug and carved perfectly, even under the sea level dating back to the first century A.C. and includes five pools, four are inside, which were used for rearing and breeding fish, particularly eels.
For those who love diving, ancient history alive in a hundred feet underwater near the so-called Secca dei Mattoni near the Lucia Rosa's Faraglioni. A sad memory of Rosa (Rosa Lucia was a young, really existed, at the end of 1800 got suicide by dropping in the cliff because his love for a poor farmer was impeded) here from September 1985, the year of discovery, you can see a Roman wreck containing amphorae and tableware, also dating to the first half first century A. C.
