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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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