Lipari is part of the Aeolian archipelago, located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the eastern coast of Sicily, it is a submerged volcano and the largest island in of the Aeolian archipelago, there is life on the island even during the winter. History In the past Lipari flourished due to the extraction of obsidian on the island, it was exported throughout the Mediterranean. It has been ruled by many populations, from the Etruscans to the Greeks, then later the Byzantines, Arabs and Normans. In 1544 Lipari suffered destruction at the hands of the Turkish fleet but at the beginning of the nineteenth c... [More information]