Santo Stefano Island

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Santo Stefano Island is a small, historically significant Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, known for its former Bourbon-era prison and scenic coastal landscape.

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Santo Stefano Island canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island
access reachable by boat from Ventotene
belongsToArchipelago Pontine Archipelago
linked to: Pontine Islands
country Italy
countryCapitalNearest Rome
currentUse heritage and cultural tourism site
nature and historical reserve
hasArea approximately 0.11 square miles
approximately 0.28 square kilometres
hasClimate Mediterranean climate
hasCoastline rocky
hasDiameter about 700 metres
hasFormerName Santo Stefano in Ventotene
hasGeologicalOrigin volcanic origin
hasHighestPoint about 83 metres above sea level
hasLandscape Mediterranean scrub vegetation
coastal cliffs
hasNotableStructure Bourbon prison of Santo Stefano
Santo Stefano prison
hasOfficialLanguage Italian
hasShape roughly circular
historicallyUsedBy Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
knownFor Bourbon-era prison
historical political detention
scenic coastal landscape
locatedIn Mediterranean Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Lazio
Province of Latina
nearestInhabitedIsland Ventotene
notablePrisonerHeld Altiero Spinelli
Gaetano Bresci
Sandro Pertini
Umberto Terracini NERFINISHED
partOf Pontine Islands
partOfProtectedArea Marine protected area around Ventotene and Santo Stefano
population uninhabited
prisonArchitecturalPlan panopticon design
prisonBuiltUnder King Ferdinand IV of Naples
prisonClosedIn 1965
prisonConstructionEnd 1797
prisonConstructionStart 1795
prisonShape circular building with central courtyard
prisonUse penal colony
political prison

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Gulf of Gaeta region contains Santo Stefano Island
Gaetano Bresci placeOfDeath Santo Stefano Island