Li galli island nureyev biography

Li Galli ( The Coocks, also called “The Sirenusas) are tiny archipelago of little islands between Capri and Positano, one of the most evocative places not only in Campania, but in the all of the Mediterranean.

Three islands constitute the archipelago, Gallo Lungo, La Rotonda and La Castelluccia, and together they make up an extremely picturesque protected marine area.

Old toponymy has it that the three-island archipelago was called Le Sireneuse, because, according to an ancient legend, it was inhabited by beautiful sirens, who managed to bewitch passing sailors with their singing, with an obvious reference to Ulysses’ voyage.

A place almost untouched

The Li Galli archipelago is perhaps one of the very few places in the Mediterranean to be almost completely virgin.

It was rediscovered in the 1920s, when it was still covered by a few Roman ruins.

Even today, despite its tourist attractiveness, human in