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This is a list of islands of Italy. There are nearly 450 islands in Italy, including islands in the Mediterranean Sea (including the marginal seas: Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Libyan Sea, Ligurian Sea, Sea of Sardinia, Tyrrhenian Sea, and inland islands in lakes and rivers. The largest island is Sicily with an area of 25,711 km 2 (9,927 sq mi).
The Aeolian Islands. Port of Santa Maria di Salina. Salina (Italian pronunciation:) is one of the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily, Southern Italy. It is the second largest island in the archipelago. Salina is divided between three comuni: Santa Marina on the eastern coast, Malfa to the north, and Leni to the south-west. From Leni down towards ...
Insular Italy (Italian: Italia insulare or just Isole, lit. ' Islands ') is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a first level NUTS region and a European Parliament constituency. Insular Italy encompasses two of the country's 20 regions: Sardinia and Sicily.
The Ark of Taste is an international catalogue of endangered heritage foods which is maintained by the global Slow Food movement. The Ark is designed to preserve at-risk foods that are sustainably produced, unique in taste, and part of a distinct ecoregion.
San Paolo was purchased in 1916 by the Beretta family, owners of the world's oldest active firearm manufacturing company, and is still owned by them. The current infrastructure on the island was designed by architect Egidio Dabbeni. [3] San Paolo Island, along with Monte Isola, was incorporated in Christo's art project The Floating Piers.
Favignana (Sicilian: Faugnana) is a comune including three islands (Favignana, Marettimo and Levanzo) of the Aegadian Islands, southern Italy.It is situated approximately 18 kilometres (11 miles) west of the coast of Sicily, between Trapani and Marsala, the coastal area where the Stagnone Lagoon and the international airport of Trapani, are sited.
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Ustica (Italian pronunciation:; [3] Sicilian: Ùstica) is a small Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea.It is about 5 kilometres (3 mi) across and is situated 52 kilometres (32 mi) north of Capo Gallo, Sicily.