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Photo of the day: Busiate Tonno e Ricotta

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Enjoy your meal from the Egadi Islands. A first Mediterranean colors: fresh Busiate the Red Tuna of Favignana and Ricotta di Pecora Photo © Giorgio De Simone

Favignana: The First Aid Center for Sea Turtles

A must for anyone visiting Favignana can only be the center of marine turtles, a place that is also a symbol of respect for the environment that has formed over years of work on biodiversity of these our beautiful islands in the Mediterranean. The summer center is open to the public both in the morning hours …

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Photo of the day: Levanzo, Cala Minnola

Cala Minnola, Levanzo

Good morning from Cala Minnola, Levanzo, Marine Protected Area Aegadian, Sicily Foto ©Giorgio De Simone

Photo of the day: Favignana, wall “cantuni”

Good evening from : Favignana, urban center, wall made with “cantuni” Favignana (blocks of calcarenite).

The tuff Favignana, For centuries the island's wealth !

The rock of Favignana from the sea are expressions of man's work, high hand-carved cliffs, whole inner areas dug in in a manner orthogonal random order, Eaves sometimes pyramidal. They are the ancient Cave di Tufo shelly Favignana today a destination for curious tourists and scholars careful. But why did so many quarries Favignana ? …

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Favignana: postmark for the fourth edition of the literary festival

A postmark for the 4th edition of the literary review "The other tide – Approdi copyright to the Tonnara Florio Favignana ", edited by the journalist and writer Giacomo Pilati, and whose last meeting was held on Friday 25 August beginning at 21.30 former Florio. The cultural project, promoted by the City Council, that revolves around …

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Photo of the day: Faraglione Levanzo

Good morning to: Levanzo, Faraglione >Photo: © Giorgio De Simone

Photo of the day: La Rambla del Mar, Barcelona

Condolences and solidarity to the Spanish people. In honor of the beautiful Spanish city raped by human ineptitude want to dedicate today's photo of the day to the beautiful Rambla del Mar available on continuation of the more famous Rambla sea where yesterday 14 People have lost their lives and hundreds were injured as a result of human barbarity, per …

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Video: spotted three sperm whales in the sea of ​​Egadi

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On the occasion of the 4th year of dall'avvistamento 3 specimens of sperm whales sighted between Marettimo and Favignana is the extraordinary public guide to those who spotted and documented them ! EGADI ISLANDS, 18 AUGUST 2013 Yesterday afternoon, (17 August n.d.r.) , They were spotted three large cetaceans in the waters between Marettimo and Favignana (archipelago …

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The parties in the AMP Legambiente Aegadian volunteer camps

Cleaning of the seabed, Recovery of the Posidonia beached and support to the Center turtles: the parties in the AMP Legambiente Aegadian volunteer camps This year were started, the environmental volunteer camps organized by Legambiente at the Marine Protected Area Aegadian. The program, which provides 4 fields of a week for the entire month of …

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