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Ponza Island ( Isola di Ponza )
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As Capri is a pearl of
Naples’ Bay, Ponza shines like a jewel in
the group
 of islands bit away from Rome; it is a
wonderful area of just 30 square kilometres,
suspended between legend and reality, nature and
history.
Ponza is the main one of
the Pontine islands, it is a true
naturalistic place, paradise for the lovers of the
see and the immersion, for the several presence of
various relics, ancient and modern.
To live the
magic island
take a walk of discovery an ancient agrarian
landscape and feel the full expressions of people
that always live in a great big sense of hospitality
keeping intact the beauties of those places.
Enjoying some of the many beaches, for a bath in one
of the most evocative atmosphere s of the
Mediterranean; surrounded by a sea, with its
beautiful sea caves, his famous stacks, its magical
and atmospheric inlets.
Discovering the magic island,
that has been able to attract people with the call
of the sirens, which according to Homer, they
used to live in this sea.
History
and
myth of Ponza Island
Ponza was a land visited
by several tribes: the prehistoric man knew the seas
around the island, as did the Phoenicians and
Greeks, w ho after discovering
Ischia,
moved further West and came across Ventotene
and Ponza. After them other tribes crossed
these waters till the Roman times.
With Roman there was the
improvement, because they took to the island
technical organization, building towers, water
cistern and other constructions: they started to
organized the central of the town and, also, with
them the Christian ages have begun.
One of the most famous among the
people forcedly banished to Ponza and of whom
by virtue of a combination of piety, fantasy and
historic significance has resulted a lasting and
vivid memory, is S. Silverio, the revered patron saint of the island. Elected Pope in 536,
he was not popular with Emperor Justinian’s wife,
Theodara, who stood up for Antimo,
Patriarch of Constantinople, deposed for heresy,
with S. Silverio accepting no compromise.
Evidence against him of treachery was gathered and
Theodora got him arrested and exiled to the
island of Palmarola, where the Pope died on the
11th November 537.
Historically, the island was
named after Roman governor Pontius Pilate,
the man who tried Jesus for heresy.
Ponza is a perfect mix
between history and legend: according to the myth,
Ponza was the Omero’ s land.
Omero’s legend says that
Zeus sent Circe to govern the island, but she transformed
men in pigs and women in mermaids. The mermaids sang
in such a sweet way that mariners were inevitably
attracted to the island. After the fall of Troy
(1184 B.C.), the king of Ithaca, Ulysses,
arrived to the island of Circe with his men.
The men drank a poisoned drink and became pigs. Ulysses, too, drank that poison but he was
protected by a herb given to him by Mercury. The Enchantress tried to conquer him using love, so
Ulysses and Circe had a son, Telegono,
an ancestor of Italo, the founder of Italy.
Ulysses was still in love with his far wife,
so he left Circe and went to Ithaca.
But Telegono found him and killed him.
According to the legend,
Homer chose the
first name for this island: it was "Eea",
from "Eos", that is sunrise.
Ponza is the ideal place to live history and
magic
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