{"id":974,"date":"2015-03-18T18:38:15","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T17:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goelba.com\/blog\/?p=974"},"modified":"2022-10-07T10:24:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T08:24:53","slug":"a-completely-unspoilt-divers-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goelba.com\/blog\/a-completely-unspoilt-divers-treasure\/","title":{"rendered":"A completely unspoilt diver\u2019s treasure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>e<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Legend has it that when the necklace of the goddess Venus broke, 7 pearls fell into the Mediterranean Sea in front of the Tuscan archipelago, creating the islands of Giglio, Giannutri, Montecristo, Pianosa, Elba, Gorgona and Capraia which today enchant thousands of tourists. Not all of these islands are freely accesible, in particular Gorgona which is a \u00a0prison and Montecristo, a National Park and so banned completely , Giannutri can be visited in \u00a0part and then there is \u00a0Pianosa which has a very special story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">And then there is Pianosa<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The island used to be a famous penal colony in \u00a01800, where prisoners worked the land and produced goods for export, including a very famous barley! At the time the island was flourishing and had an active community of prison guards who were living permanently there. After the colony was closed,\u00a0 a number of residents decided to stay. The island was still \u00a0ideal as a prison complex both for its geographical shape and not being too far from the mainland. So it then became a political prison and later a prison for mafia criminals and used for the famous Article 41a for the isolation of Mafia bosses. This is why the local population was completely evacuated and instead hundreds of prison guards were settled there, at an unbearable cost to the Italian government, so that the project had to be abandoned\u00a0 and the island at that point remained almost uninhabited for decades. Slowly the island was reopened to tourists. Now former prisoners (trustees) are living there, running a restaurant \u00a0and a \u00a0bar, alongside employees of the Coast Guard, Forestry and public assistance. The island has been part of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park since 1998 and the Ministry of Environment has introduced strict rules for public access. The general use of the territory has been agreed between the Park and the Municipality of Campo in which the island belongs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">From Prison to the Tuscan Archipelago National Park<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In summer you can hike over the land with licensed guides, but up to 2013, the waters around Pianosa were forbidden to all navigation and, of course, last but not least any activity in the sea. Then finally after negotiations lasting 10 years, the Tuscan Archipelago National Park opened\u00a0 an experiment on diving, by placing buoys dedicated to this and by regulating their use. Now you can <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goelba.com\/blog\/elba-island-and-its-marvelous-seabeds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">visit the seabed accompanied by environmental guides diving<\/span> <\/a><\/em><\/span>in the Region of Tuscany and with dive centres and boats controlled by the requirements of the park (see http:\/\/www.islepark.it). Following the trail of thought that the natural environment must be protected as much as possible, but also be made accessible, the Pianosa buoys allow everyone to rediscover this part of the sea which had been closed to the public for so long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Sea as it was 100 years ago<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">What can be seen in these waters is the Mediterranean Sea as it was 100 years ago!<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">You are \u00a0guaranteed a spectacle just with the impressive amount of fish, especially large schools of barracuda populate all its rocks, and \u00a0wrap themselves around the groups of divers swimming amongst them, \u00a0then there are groupers, some of considerable size, which gradually become accustomed to presence of divers and show themselves in all their splendour posing as models in front of the camera lenses.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Snapper and tuna complement the variety of fish\u00a0 present, but we can\u2019t mention these unusual encounters, without remembering that we are in a almost untouched sea , so it&#8217;s not uncommon to come across lobsters of all sizes, sunfish, and sea eagles.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">All this is Pianosa, or at least what we&#8217;ve already seen of the seabed never \u00a0ceases to surprise us. In 2015, the Park confirmed \u00a0reopening the diving project from April until November. Come and discover this unspoilt underwater treasure.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">For more information on diving in Pianosa visit www.divinginelba.com where you&#8217;ll find photos and video to get a small preview of what to expect underwater.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Riccardo Buralli<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Diving in Elba<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>e Legend has it that when the necklace of the goddess Venus broke, 7 pearls fell into the Mediterranean Sea in front of the Tuscan archipelago, creating the islands of Giglio, Giannutri, Montecristo, Pianosa, Elba, Gorgona and Capraia which today enchant thousands of tourists. 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