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Podarcis siculus coeruleus

Podarcis siculus coeruleus

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In Italian, faraglioni (pronounced [faraʎˈʎoːni]; Neapolitan: faragliune [faraʝˈʝuːnə]; singular faraglione in both languages) are stacks, coastal and oceanic rock formations eroded by waves. The word may be derived from the Greek pháros or Latin pharus ("lighthouse") and is cognate with the Spanish farallón. They are found at the coasts of several regions of Italy: Apulia faraglioni In the Apulia region, examples of faraglioni can be found along the Adriatic coast of the Salento peninsula: Le Due Sorelle (The Two Sisters) in Torre Dell'Orso and the Faraglioni di Sant'Andrea.

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(c) Maria Buglione,Simona Petrelli,Valeria Maselli,Martina Trapanese,Marco Salvemini,Serena Aceto,Anna Di Cosmo,and Domenico Fulgione, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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