Hearing the name lily our mind at first is the image of the beautiful and fragrant white flower ... but in reality is not what we want to talk, but the island of Giglio, and not just curiosity, its name comes from the Latinization of the greek word that Aegilium Capra, the Goat Island and not as one might think from the flower or the Florentine domination. The island of Giglio is located in front of the promontory, at the center of the Tyrrhenian Sea, with all its beauty is contained in just 21 sq km. It is characterized by a mild climate, so as to make the holiday a real moment of pleasure and relaxation, the sea that surrounds it is crystal clear, emerald waters with fish.
The island consists almost exclusively of quarzomoniti (granite), and has predominantly mountainous, its cliffs are part of the protected area of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park. The beaches are crowded in summer, are the most beautiful bays of Caldane and Cannelle, on the east coast, west coast with regard to the importance of great beauty and the beach of the village can remember Campese.
This island was created 5 million years ago and due to its geographical position, the origin of his adventure story and strife. He lived one of the moments of greatest glory under the Roman rule of the Domizi Enobardi Family, owners of the monumental patrician villa, becoming a key node in the maritime trade between the provinces, 805 Charlemagne gave the island to the Abbey of Tre Fontane, but after various vicissitudes passed to Aldobrandeschi to Pannocchieschi to Gaetani, the Orsini and the Municipality of Perugia. Gigliesi waters in 1241, Frederick II destroyed the fleet of the Genoese leading prelates in Rome for the Council convened by Pope Gregory IX against the Emperor himself. From 1264 the island was held by the Pisans, in later centuries, the island suffered many conquerors.
From 1799 began a quiet period that favored an economic recovery and population. As well as famous for her story "troubled" and the beauty of its coastline, to admire in this small island there is the Castle, which has now become the town hall, is surrounded by massive walls with three circular towers and seven with a rectangular base, has been repeatedly extended and renovated. To date, almost intact, in the inside of Giglio Castello are a popular and picturesque narrow streets Square November eighteenth, on the Rock which dominates Aldobrandesca. The last town to be born in the island is now Campese is the most important tourist resort on the island with its beautiful, wide sandy beach. The winds blowing from the south who come here at the back makes the bay a "training" is ideal for surfers and sailing, while the west exposure makes it the theater of beautiful sunsets. This is framed by a romantic bay side of the Rocks and the other by the Medici tower, built in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Giglio Island, a small town where you meet great cultures, great beauty and great fun!
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