Tag: Egadi

Egad Islands: The marine habitats of the Egadi

Posidonia seabed

  The term habitat can refer to a place with certain characteristics that make the settlement of a species or different species favorable to form a community. In the marine environment the combination of factors essentially linked to depth as the amount of light, The temperature and strength of the wave motion, crea diverse tipologie di

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The Archipelago of the Egadi Islands, overall vision

Egadi Aerial views

During a hunting trip on the prairie between Levanzo and Favignana a group of humans approaches a deer that will be bordered by unaware in a small mirror of water. Suddenly a flock of birds gets up in flight; The deer escapes abruptly in the opposite direction, A jump stands out and shaded fortunately …

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Presentation of the Amp Egadi of the mayor Giuseppe Pagoto

The institution of the Marine Protected Area Egadi islands dates back to the distant December 1991, but over the years it has experienced moments of oblivion, sometimes remaining a sea park only on paper. From the 2001 The Municipality of Favignana has formally assumed responsibility for direct management, starting a difficult process that initially moved between lights and …

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Getting to the Egadi islands by hydrofoil: updated timetables

Hydrofoil public service

Here are the official timetables of Liberty Lines, the only shipping company operating between Sicily and the Egadi Islands. ESTATE 2024 For more info, prices and updates always visit the site: https://www.libertylines.it

The photo of the day: the Egadi islands seen from Marsala

Splendid view from Marsala of the three Egadi islands, from the left Marettimo then Favignana in the center and Levanzo on the right which seems to be linked to Favignana, Maraone and Formica are not visible further to the right. The structure that can be seen in the foreground is the Grotta della Sibilla and the Baglio Anselmi Archaeological Museum (Lungomare Boeo 30, Marsala Info: …

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The age of the Florio family: the happy age of the Egadi

A book that cannot be missed for lovers of Favignanese and Sicilian history as well as that of Sicilian liberty style “The age of the Florio family” by Sellerio Editore (1985). https://sellerio.it/it/catalogo/Eta-Florio/Giuffrida-Lentini/11337 In the almost 300 large format pages, in addition to the splendid period photos, a widespread reconstruction of the adventure of this large family that has changed history …

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Center Turtles Egadi: inaugurated the new premises at the Museum of the Tonnara

  Tuesday 5 June 2018, the presence of all the authorities and environmental groups that collaborate to the First Aid Center Management of Marine Turtles of the Egadi, is a new restaurant was opened housing the tanks where turtles are placed in the center present. Soon it will be realized, the same site, a …

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In Palermo, all’Arsenale, Studies on the day of the Battle of the Egadi

10 March 241 A.C.. Sicily became a land "Western" After more than twenty years of naval and land battles, the Battle of the Egadi Islands marks the culmination of the first Punic War. Carthaginian is forced to sue for peace and permanently abandon Sicily. And the 10 March 241 A.C., a momentous day for the …

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Photo of the day: sunset on the Egadi from Marsala

Good evening from Marsala: sunset on the Egadi from the salt marshes of the Lagoon of Marsala, where ferries leave for the island of San Pantaleo or Motya part of the Archipelago of the Egadi Islands Photo © Giorgio De Simone

Palermo: presented the 12th rostrum of the battle of the Egadi

Presented in a press conference the rostrum in bronze of the battle fought in Egadi 241 A.C.. between the Romans and Carthaginians. E 'was presented during a press conference at the Roosevelt Institute – Superintendent of the Sea, in Palermo, the recovery of the rostrum bronze. The discovery, in waters northwest of the island of Levanzo, in the stretch of …

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