Archduk´s comments
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Lo que dice el Arxiduc:
“While I was working on my description of the Balearic Islands and, for this purpose, visiting those islands occasionally, I would often stop at the Lipari Islands, which are located at just about the halfway point from the Adriatic Sea. I did this for several years, and I always tried to explore each new corner step-by-step and draw new illustrations; hence these drawings and these pages.
Located in the delicious sea near Sicily, these tiny islands captivated me as no others have, whether during a winter storm – which gives them the appropriate name of Aeolians – or during a torrential downpour of the sort especially frequent in the spring, or in the summer, when, covered with vines, they look like emeralds in a sea of sapphire blue. Thus, I got to know the islands in every kind of light and in every season of the year, and I always liked them just the same. So, as soon as I finished my description of the Balearic Islands, I began my description of the seven Lipari Islands.”
Archduke Ludwig Salvator, Islas Lípari, 1895, Translation: Association of Friends of the Archduke, 2008.
Datos proyecto Nixe III:
The Lipari/Aeolian Islands were the NIXE III Project’s first destination. Even a few months before our visit, the Archduke’s books dedicated to these islands were the first we read and summarised. This was no coincidence as we had decided that we wouldn’t begin the project with our own island, Mallorca (preferring to leave it to the end of the study), and that the books dedicated to the Aeolian Islands had already been translated into Spanish by the group, Associació d’Amics de l’Arxiduc (“Friends of the Archduke Association”). As such, this island chain seemed like a very appropriate first destination.
Before setting sail, we envisioned this first year as a period of experimentation and discovery, both in terms of planning and gathering data. At the same time, we knew we would also experience numerous unexpected sensations. For example, we all know how the imagination soars when we read a book. The same happened to us when reading the Archduke’s work on the Aeolian Islands. Arriving there was a very emotional moment for us. There before our eyes was everything we had imagined. Would everything still be the same? Would we be disappointed by reality or, on the contrary, would it exceed our expectations? Some of these emotions are recorded in the following video we took when first spotting the island coasts.
Our arrival through the strait called, Bocche di Vulcano (literally, “Vulcano’s Mouths”), between Lipari and Vulcano islands, was spectacular. To the left we could see the typical islets found to the south of Lipari Island and, to the right, the impressive Vulcano crater.
Once through this channel and sailing north an additional half a mile, we could see the city of Lipari in the distance. At that moment, everything was waiting to be discovered.
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