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View of the Cyclops Islands

View of the Cyclops Islands

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View of the Cyclops Islands

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Location: Aci Castello, Catania, Sicily, Italy

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Claudio Picchi

January 22, 2023

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There are four islands (or stacks) of the Cyclops: Lachea, Faraglione Grande, Faraglione di Mezzo and Faraglione degli Uccelli. The archipelago owes its name to a passage from the Odyssey, when Polyphemus threw stones at Ulysses; they stuck into the ground and gave life to the stacks.

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