The municipality of Lipari is made up of six of the seven main islands of the Aeolian islands (with the exception of Salina), to which are added numerous uninhabited islets and rocks. Arranged in a Y-shape, the islands are located off the coast of northern Sicily, facing the Tyrrhenian coast of Messina. Of great importance are the volcanic phenomena, the most evident manifestations of which are the crater of Vulcano and that of Stromboli. From a historical perspective, the volcanism of Lipari also has a certain importance, which originated phenomena such as the thermal baths of San Calogero.
Its municipal territory extends over six of the seven Aeolian Islands: Lipari, Vulcano, Panarea, Stromboli, Filicudi and Alicudi. Only the island of Salina is administratively autonomous, as it separated in 1867. The etymology of the name Lipari is uncertain: according to some it would reconnect to the Greek term λιπαρÏŒς (liparós), in the sense of "fat, oily" and, by extension , "fertile". According to others, however, it could derive from the language of a pre-European Sicilian population, and be linked to the free theme, with the meaning of "block of stone". According to Greek mythology, however, the island takes its name from Liparo, colonizer of the island. Liparo, son of Ausone (in turn son of Ulysses), together with a group of warriors, reached the island that will take his name, where he founded a thriving colony, introducing agriculture and reigning for many years.
Islands of Lipari
Address: Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini, 1, 98050
Phone: 090 988 7111
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