Poveglia (/ p oʊ ˈ v ɛ l i ə / poh-VEL-ee-ə; Italian: [poˈveʎʎa]) is a small island located between Venice and Lido in the Venetian Lagoon, of northern Italy.A small canal divides the island into two separate parts. The island first appears in the historical record in 421, and was populated until the residents fled warfare in 1379. For more than 100 years beginning in 1776, the island ...

St. Helena Island is a Sea Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States.The island is connected to Beaufort by U.S. Highway 21.The island has a land area of about 64 sq mi (170 km 2) and a population of 8,763 as of the 2010 census.It is included as part of the Hilton Head Island-Beaufort Micropolitan Area.The island is renowned for its rural Lowcountry character and …

Torcello (Latin: Torcellum; Venetian: Torceło) is a sparsely populated island at the northern end of the Venetian Lagoon, in north-eastern Italy.It was first settled in 452 CE and has been referred to as the parent island from which Venice was populated. It was a town with a cathedral and bishops before St Mark's Basilica was built.

Birkirkara (abbreviated as B'Kara) is a city in the central region of Malta.It is the second most populous on the island, with 24,356 inhabitants as of 2020. The town consists of five autonomous parishes: Saint Helen, Saint Joseph the Worker, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Saint Mary and San Gorg Preca. The city's motto is In hoc signo vinces, and its coat of arms is a plain red cross, …

Murano was initially settled by the Romans and from the sixth century by people from Altinum and Oderzo.At first, the island prospered as a fishing port and through its production of salt.It was also a centre for trade through the port it controlled on Sant'Erasmo.From the eleventh century, it began to decline as islanders moved to Dorsoduro.It had a Grand Council, like that of Venice, …

Bermuda (conosciuta anche come le Bermude) ([bəˈmjuːdə] in inglese britannico, [bɚˈmjuːdə] in inglese americano) è un territorio d'oltremare britannico nel Nord Atlantico, costituito da un arcipelago che comprende circa trecento isolotti corallini, venti dei quali abitati, detti le Bermude (errato il plurale Bermuda).. Il capoluogo è Hamilton, situato nella Grande Bermuda.

This is a list of islands of Italy.There are over 400 islands in Italy, including islands in the Mediterranean Sea (including the marginal seas: Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Libyan Sea, Ligurian Sea, Sea of Sardinia, Tyrrhenian Sea, and inland islands in lakes and rivers.The largest island is Sicily with an area of 25,711 km 2 (9,927 sq mi). The outlying islands of Italy make up an …

Saint Helena (/ h ə ˈ l iː n ə /) is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean.It is a remote volcanic tropical island 1,950 kilometres (1,210 miles) west of the coast of south-western Africa, and 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constituent parts of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and ...

L'isola Inaccessibile (in inglese Inaccessible Island) è un'isola disabitata dell'oceano Atlantico formata da un vulcano estinto. È parte dell'arcipelago di Tristan da Cunha e dista dall'isola principale circa 40 km.Con le altre isole dell'arcipelago fa parte del Territori d'oltremare britannici di Sant'Elena, Ascensione e Tristan da Cunha.. Insieme all'isola Gough dal 2004 è Patrimonio ...

Wikiquote contiene citazioni di o su Sant'Elena; contiene immagini o altri file su ; Collegamenti esterni. Sito ufficiale, su sainthelena.gov.sh. (EN) Sant'Elena, su Enciclopedia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.(EN) Sito ufficiale del Governo di Ascension Island, su ascension-island.gov.ac (archiviato dall'url originale il 12 luglio 2007).(EN) Sito ufficiale di Tristan da …