Place details
Place nameEolie, Isole
Other namesIsole Eolie, Eolie o Lipari, Isole, Eolie, Le Isole Eolie, Eòlie, Isole, Eolie, Sole, Lipari Islands, Aeoliae Insulae, Aeolian Islands, Lipara
CountryItalia
Latitude38.5
Longitude14.95
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Group of small volcanic islands in the SE Tyrrhenian Sea; legend says that the island on which Aeolus kept the winds confined in caves was one of this group; inhabited since Neolithic times; held successively by Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans & Saracens.