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The Isole Tremiti are an archipelago in the Adriatic Sea, north of the Gargano Peninsula. They constitute a ''comune'' of Italy's Province of Foggia and form part of the Gargano national park. The name of the islands relates to their seismic hazard, with a history of earthquakes in the area: ''tremiti'' means "tremors". The islands were used for the internment of political prisoners during Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime. This was nothing new: two millennia earlier Augustus had exiled his granddaughter Julia the Younger to one of these islands (then named ''Trimerus'' in Latin, maybe from Greek ''Trimeros'', ''Τρίμερος'', meaning "tree places" or "tree islands"). The islands are now an important tourist attraction because of the clear waters surrounding them. Up to 100,000 visitors come to the islands in the summer season.〔Lonely Planet http://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/puglia/isole-tremiti〕 Ferry services from the mainland operate from Termoli, Foggia, Vieste, Rodi Garganico and Capoiale. == Islands == *San Domino is the most developed island for tourism and has the only sand beach in the archipelago. *San Nicola is where most of the population resides. It is the site of a monastery where a monk named Nicolò was buried. Legend has it that every time someone tried to move his corpse off the island, a violent storm would break out, preventing navigation around the island. *Capraia (or ''Capperaia'') is deserted. *Cretaccio is a large block of clay and thus uninhabited. *Pianosa is a small, uninhabited island. Its maximum elevation is . Sometimes, during storms, the waves cover it. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Isole Tremiti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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