Home  Tremiti Islands
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 Tremiti is an archipelago of the Adriatic Sea, north of the Gargano Peninsula. It constitutes a comune of Italy's Province of Foggia, and forms part of the Gargano national park (Parco nazionale del Gargano); the name of the islands is linked to their increased seismic hazard, with a history of earthquakes - the source word tremolanti is linked to tremors.
The islands were used for the internment of political prisoners during Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime. This was not exactly a novelty: two millennia earlier Augustus had sent his granddaughter Julia the Younger in exile to one of these islands (then named Trimerus).
The islands are now an important tourist attraction - due to the clear waters surrounding them.
* San Domino is the most touristically developed island and features the only sand beach in the archipelago.
* San Nicola is the island where the major part of the population resides. It is the site of a monastery where a monk named Nicolò was buried. The legend says that every time someone tried to move his corpse off the island, a violent storm would start, preventing navigation around the island.
* Capraia (or Capperaia) is deserted, it forms part of the national park.
* Cretaccio is in fact, a major block of clay, and thus uninhabited.
* Pianosa is a small uninhabited island. Its maximum height is 15 meters. Sometimes, during storms, the waves are able to cover it.
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