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From the blue sea two natural dark gray pillars are raised, in a scenario made of headlands, coves and cliffs. The Columns of Carloforte, which rise in the southern part of the island of San Pietro, owe their name to the imposing and slender shape, shaped by wind and sea. Until 2010 they were both 16 meters high (originally perhaps twice as much). After violent storms, in particular those of November 2013, one of the two remains only the base. They are flanked by barely visible remains of other similar pillars. Around cliffs and caves that emphasize the wild soul of the area, as well as the mouth of an inactive geyser. The legend attributes a miraculous origin to the two volcanic stone stacks: one hypothesis is that the apostle Peter would have turned two sea monsters into gray rock to protect the island, the other that a divine punishment would have petrified a couple of sailors . Le Colonne is a very popular excursion destination, included in geological itineraries by sea on board boats that make the circumnavigation of the island.
From the blue sea two natural dark gray pillars are raised, in a scenario made of headlands, coves and cliffs. The Columns of Carloforte, which rise in the southern part of the island of San Pietro, owe their name to the imposing and slender shape, shaped by wind and sea. Until 2010 they were both 16 meters high (originally perhaps twice as much). After violent storms, in particular those of November 2013, one of the two remains only the base. They are flanked by barely visible remains of other similar pillars. Around cliffs and caves that emphasize the wild soul of the area, as well as the mouth of an inactive geyser. The legend attributes a miraculous origin to the two volcanic stone stacks: one hypothesis is that the apostle Peter would have turned two sea monsters into gray rock to protect the island, the other that a divine punishment would have petrified a couple of sailors . Le Colonne is a very popular excursion destination, included in geological itineraries by sea on board boats that make the circumnavigation of the island.
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