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Tremiti islands (Italian: Isole 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 régime. 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.
Islands
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 monach 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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