Basiluzzo

Basiluzzo
Basiluzzo
	Island
	Basiluzzo
	Basiluzzo Location in Italy
	Coordinates: 38°39′48″N 15°06′50″E
Country	Italy
Province	Messina
Comune	Lipari
Area
• Total	1 km2 (0.4 sq mi)
Population
• Total	0
• Density	0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi)

Basiluzzo (Italian pronunciation: [baziˈlutt͡so]) is an islet (barely 1 km² (0.39 sq mi)), and the smallest of eight islands in the Aeolian Islands, a volcanic island chain north of Sicily. In antiquity, the island was named "Hycesia".[1]

The Aeolian Islands.

Media

It is featured in the Italian film L'avventura, where the characters are on a motor boat looking for somewhere to swim.[2] They sail up to Basiluzzo but decide to travel to Lisca Bianca, another of the Aeolian Islands nearest to Basiluzzo.

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References

Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 46.
"L'Avventura film locations". The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2012.

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[1] Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 46.

[wwguide-2] "L'Avventura film locations". The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2012.