Santo Stefano (island)
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| Waters | Gulf of Gaeta , Tyrrhenian Sea | |
| Archipelago | Pontine Islands | |
| Geographical location | 40 ° 47 '22 " N , 13 ° 27' 15" E | |
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| length | 720 m | |
| width | 560 m | |
| surface | 27 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 80 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Santo Stefano is an uninhabited island in the Gulf of Gaeta off the Italian coast, west of Naples . It belongs geographically to the Pontine Islands (southeast group) and administratively to the municipality of Ventotene, and is 1.6 km southeast of the island of Ventotene . The island consists of a rock with an area of about 27 hectares and a height of up to 80 meters above sea level.
On the island there is a horseshoe-shaped building that Ferdinand IV had built as a prison in 1795 by Major Antonio Winspeare (1739-1820) and architect Francesco Carpi . There were among others Luigi Settembrini , Carmine Crocco , Gaetano Bresci , Gino Lucetti and Sandro Pertini . The prison was closed in 1965 and has been abandoned ever since.
Picture gallery
Santo Stefano in the background of Ventotene from
Santo Stefano from Ventotene
The inside of the prison
