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Unusual Attractions in Ventotene

Ventotene, Italy

Santo Stefano Prison

Built to be the ideal penitentiary, this abandoned panopticon saw several revolts and even a prisoners' coup.

Ventotene, Italy

Ventotene

A founding document of the European Union was written on an island where Roman emperors once banished women.

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Santa Maria del Soccorso

A snow-white church overlooking the wonderful Tyrrhenian Sea.

22 miles from Ventotene

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The Fungo Mushroom Rock

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

24 miles from Ventotene

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