Diving in the Mediterranean: underwater museum at Filicudi in the Eolian Islands

The small island of Filicudi (only 9.
5 km square), part of the Eolian islands has a small archeological treasure under its custody: new relics of Greek and Roman ships have been found 75 metres down of the Cape of Graziano.

Until now access to the marine area was prohibited but from August 1 smaller submarines will be able to descend down to 45 metres below sea level, with authorised diving permitted.

Guided tours are available, equipped with a pvc template of what you can see underwater.

The itinerary, including signs so as not to lose orientation, offers the possibility of looking at relic “A”, a Hellenistic relic dated between the third and second century B.
C, and the outline of relic “G”, covered by sand and which dates back to the fifth century B.
C.
There is also the “City of Milan” relics of docking stations which sank in 1919.
Wings of hydrofoils and other relics are also visible on the sea floor.
This underwater museum is currently open only to more expert divers, but hopefully before long video cameras will permit viewing of the Cape Graziano relics via internet, as per Cala Gadir on the isle of Pantelleria (in the photo you can see the webcam).