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Alicudi is the least populated of the Aeolian Islands (138 inhabitants) and it is also the island that is furthest off the tourist trail. Its name in ancient times was Ericusa, because of the heather (erica) that grows there wild in great profusion.

It is circular in outline, rising to a peak called Timpone della Montagna (or Filo d' Arpa), an ancient volcano, now extinct. No volcanic phenomena have occurred on the island for many years. The impassable W part is uninhabited. We can admire the great rocks that drop sheer into the sea and the high coasts with their stratifications of black volcanic rock. A village dating from the Capo Graziano culture (17th-16th c. BC) has been excavated in the vicinity ofthe port. The present-day village is in the E part of the island.