in Compact Group December 2009

Sicily Island belongs to Italy

Mediterranean feeling at the Tonnara di Scopello
wich was one of the film location of Largo Whinch

If any of you ever saw ocean’s twelve, there’s a scene that is based on “Tonnara di Scopello”: it’s an old fishing place where tunas where “farmed” and prepared to be sold.
It still has all the old rusty anchors filed on the side of this magic place: not to mention the blueness of its water.

The Tonnara di Scopello is one of the most important Sicilian historic estates, probably the only intact evidence of a traditional Mediterranean tuna fishery. It is a private property from family heritage.
This ancient monumental settlement, enclosed by old perimeter walls, is located around a small bay, where majestic rocks with prickly pear cactus on top, called faraglioni, make the seawater look like a lagoon.

Due to its historic and architectural relevance and to the beauty of its coastal landscape Tonnara di Scopello is protected by special laws on the part of the Italian Government

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