Coordinates | 38°53′51.61″N77°2′11.58″N |
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Name | Ustica |
Official name | Comune di Ustica |
Image shield | Ustica-Stemma.png |
Coordinates display | title |
Region | Sicily |
Province | Palermo (PA) |
Mayor | Aldo Messina |
Area total km2 | 8 |
Population total | 1330 |
Population as of | 2001 |
Population demonym | Usticesi or Usticani |
Elevation m | 49 |
Postal code | 90010 |
Area code | 091 |
In historic times, the island has been populated at least since about 1500 BC by Phoenician peoples. In ancient Greece, the Island was named Osteodes (ossuary) in memory of the thousands of Carthaginian mutineers left there to die of hunger in the 4th century BC. The Romans renamed the island Ustica, Latin for burnt, for its black rocks. The island is also known locally as the "black pearl".
In the 6th century, a Benedictine community settled in the island, but was soon forced to move because of ongoing wars between Europeans and Arabs. Attempts to colonize the island in the Middle Ages failed because of raids by Barbary pirates.
In the mid-18th century, the island was settled by approximately 90 people from the island of Lipari, an island also located north of Sicily, but east of Ustica. They brought with them the patron saint of Lipari, Bartholomew the Apostle, who became the patron saint of Ustica as well. In the mid- to late 19th century and early 20th century, as the population of the island grew too large, hundreds of Ustican families emigrated to the United States. Many of these families settled in New Orleans and surrounding areas, where there are today thousands of descendants whose ties remain strong to Ustica. A smaller number of families settled in San Jose and San Francisco, in New York, and in Massachusetts.
During the Fascist years in Italy and until the 1950s, Ustica was used as an island prison. Benito Mussolini banished thousands of political opponents to Ustica, often as many as 1,500 at a time; many were homosexuals. In the early 1940s Yugoslav war prisoners were crammed onto the island, bringing with them malnutrition and tuberculosis. In the 1950s they were followed by suspected Mafia hoods expelled from Sicily. The most famous political prisoner detained on the island was Antonio Gramsci.
The island became infamous on June 27, 1980, when Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 crashed a short distance from the island while on approach to Palermo, killing all 81 passengers and crew.
The island is characterized by reduced sources of water, and the vegetation is consequently scarce. The coast has numerous rocks and grottoes.
Ustica is home of the honeybee Apis mellifera sicula.
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Coordinates | 38°53′51.61″N77°2′11.58″N |
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Name | Marco Paolini |
Birthdate | March 05, 1956 |
Birthplace | Belluno, Italy |
Occupation | Stage actor, theatre director, dramaturge and author |
Nationality | Italian |
Genre | Narrative theatre Civil theatre |
Influences | Dario Fo |
Website | http://www.marcopaolini.it/ |
Until 1994, Paolini worked with various theatre groups, including Teatro degli Stracci, Studio 900 of Treviso, Tag Teatro of Mestre in Venice and Laboratorio Teatro Settimo.
In 1995, received the Ubu Prize, for writing Il racconto del Vajont (translated: The Vajont Tale), which was dedicated to the disaster of the Vajont Dam in Italy. The ceremony aired on Rai 2 Italian television.
In 1997, Paolini was honored with the award for the best program of the year on Italian television.
Since 1999, he has produced his own works with his company JoleFilm. He has also collaborated with the Italian folk band I Mercanti di Liquore, along with the lead singer, Lorenzo Monguzzi.
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