Ventotene

Ventotene is one of the Pontine Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea with 687 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012). It belongs to the province of Latina in the Italian region of Lazio. Your ancient name was Pandataria or Pandateria.

Geography

The island has an area of ​​about 153 hectares and is of volcanic origin. On the political community Ventotene also includes the small offshore, now uninhabited island of Santo Stefano.

The municipality is Ventotene including water areas since 1997 a nature reserve.

History

The island was under the Roman emperors often referred to as a place of exile, especially for female family members such as Julia, daughter of the Emperor Augustus ( 2 BC), Agrippina ( AD 29 ), granddaughter of the Emperor, and Octavia. Even the wife of Flavius ​​Clemens, Domitilla, was allegedly tortured and exiled to Pandataria to death there.

After ancient times, the island was first inhabited again in the reign of the Bourbons in Naples.

Since the 1960s, tourism, which is the main source of income of the island today evolved. The Italian State has the Ventotene awarded the European Heritage Label.

The island was known by 1941 wrote Ventotene Manifesto " For a free and united Europe ". In the tradition of this manifesto is the annual International Ventotene Seminar of the Young European Federalists Italy held on the island.

Population

Policy

Giuseppe assenso was elected in April 2005 to the mayor.

Attractions

Among the attractions of the island include the Church of Santa Candida, the remains of the ancient Villa di Giulia and the surrounding dive sites.

Traffic

There is a daily ferry service from Formia. In the summer months also ferries from Naples, Terracina, Ponza and head for the island.