San Calogero thermal baths
The baths date back to the ancient Bronze Age, extended in the Greek and Roman age with the construction of basins and swimming pools. Currently the sulphurous water source is still active. The 1865th century earthquake AD determined the abandonment of the complex. Adjacent to the thermal baths a thermal establishment was built, probably around 1870-1975. Since 2011 the plant has been closed and since XNUMX it has been used as a museum and exhibition area
Note. The area falls within zone A of the Archaeological Park of the Aeolian Islands being established (Decree of 19 October 2017 of the Department of Heritage and Identity which identifies the area of the park that affects four islands of the Archipelago - Lipari, Salina, Panarea and Filicudi - and falling within the territories of the municipalities of Lipari, Santa Marina Salina, Malfa and Leni.
Bibliography and further in-depth documents:
UNESCO Management Plan of the Aeolian Islands
100) FIRST SICILY - AT THE ORIGINS OF SICILIAN SOCIETY - volume first edited by Sebastiano Tusa Palermo 1997.
235) Meligunìs - Lipàra Vol. I: The prehistoric station of the Diana district and the protohistoric necropolis of Lipari - By Luigi Bernabò Brea and Madeleine Cavalier - Publications of the Aeolian Museum of Lipari - Flaccovio publisher, Palermo 1960
236) Meligunìs - Lipàra Vol. II: The Greek and Roman necropolis in the Diana district - By Luigi Bernabò Brea and Madeleine Cavalier - Publications of the Aeolian Museum of Lipari - Flaccovio publisher. Palermo 1965
237) Meligunìs - Lipàra Vol. III: Prehistoric stations of the Panarea, Salina and Stromboli islands - By Luigi Bernabò Brea and Madeleine Cavalier - Publications of the Aeolian Museum of Lipari - Flaccovio publisher. Palermo 1968
Ignazio Caloggero: History of Sicily Interpreted Vol. 1: Before the Greeks (2022)
Ignazio Caloggero on the web:
History of Sicily - 1.3.1: Neolithic and the birth of agriculture in Sicily
History of Sicily - 1.3.2: Religiosity and Burials in the Neolithic Period
History of Sicily - 1.3.3: Art in the Neolithic
History of Sicily - 1.3.4: Neolithic Sites List
History of Sicily - 1.4.1: The development of metallurgy
History of Sicily - 1.4.2: Social and cultural development
History of Sicily - 1.4.3: Burials during the Metal Age
History of Sicily - 1.4.4: Religious sentiments during the metal age
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
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