Lipari

The island of Lipari, with its neighboring islands of Stromboli, Salina, Vulcano, Panarea, Filicudi and Alicudi to the archipelago of the Aeolian or Lipari Islands (Italian: Isole Aeolian ) in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Lipari is the name of the community, the island and the main town. The island belongs to the region of Sicily in Italy and is located in the province of Messina.

Community

The municipality covers an area of ​​88.61 km ² and has 12,159 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012), of which 5,000 live in the same main town of Lipari. To the municipality also includes the villages of Alicudi, Filicudi, Panarea, Stromboli and Vulcano on the same islands.

The nearest towns are Santa Marina Salina, Malfa and Leni, they are all located on the island of Salina.

Geology

The island of Lipari is of volcanic origin, but no active volcanism longer exists. The emergence took place in several stages, with both the eruption centers and the erupted material were very different. While the south of the island is developed together with the neighboring island of Vulcano and lava domes has (eg Monte Guardia ), the West and the East is caused by strombolian eruptions, in the middle are the stratovolcanoes Monte Chirica (highest point of the island, 602 m high ) and Monte S. Angelo, and in the Northeast, there are up to 300 m thick Bimsablagerungen and two obsidian flows of Monte Pilato (476 m high).

The obsidian was mined since the Neolithic period; Finds from this period are available throughout the western Mediterranean. The white Bimsablagerungen were mined until 2007.

History

A settlement of the island can be demonstrated since about 4000 BC. At the Greek period developed the place Meliguni. Diodorus Siculus ( Diodorus ) reported a colonization of the Aeolian Islands at the time of the fiftieth Olympiad ( 580-576 BC) by Greek -born emigrants from Knidos and Rhodes. The founder of this Polis have been called Liparos.

A special formed reportedly the community among residents. According to Diodorus of all property was communal property. The able-bodied men were divided into two groups: One group managed the land and so ensured the food supply. The other group fought at sea, the community defended against Etruscan pirates and later drove himself on the prowl. The income of both groups were evenly distributed in Syssitia.

This condition lasted until the danger was over by pirates. Then put a softening of freight strict division first with the fixed allocation Liparas, later with the redistribution of arable land of the other islands every 20 years by a lottery one. This form of business has been discussed in the research sometimes called primitive communism. This opinion, however, is highly controversial, especially as Diodorus, who wrote centuries later, often deemed unreliable.

In the 3rd century BC, the island came under Roman rule, and the Greek language was displaced in the aftermath of the Latin. From 5th n to the end of the 8th century BC Lipari is attested as late antique bishop's seat. Under the subsequent temporary rule of the Saracens, it was lost in this role. During the reign of the Normans, the diocese was Lipari - Patti built. In the Middle Ages and in early modern times Lipari was a strong fortress. The place was then in the vicinity of the cathedral.

During the earthquake of 1783 Lipari was destroyed for the most part. Not until 1939 did the inhabitants built an incision in the boundary wall, thus creating a direct access to the castle and the cathedral.

Cityscape and buildings

  • The castle hill with the castle from the 16th century, inside the town walls of the castle lies the Cathedral of San Bartolomeo, now co-cathedral of the Archdiocese of Messina - Lipari - Santa Lucia del Mela
  • The Archaeological Museum, which is largely housed in the castle, with finds from the prehistoric and early period of Lipari, inscriptions of cemeteries, other departments dealing with classical archeology and maritime archeology, in addition there is a Volcanological Department
  • Marina Corta, Ugo Piazza di Sant ' Onofrio and the Church Anime Purgatorio
  • The archaeological zone outside the city

Sons and daughters

  • Franco Scoglio (1941-2005), Italian football coach
  • Christian Riganò ( b. 1974 ), Italian footballer
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