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Sicily: Cyclopean Isles in Acitrezza at sunset. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Acitrezza, Sicily Royalty Free Stock Photo

Acitrezza rocks of the Cyclops, sea stacks in Catania, Sicily, Italy Royalty Free Stock Photo

Ciclopi rocks, Acitrezza, Sicily Royalty Free Stock Photo

Acitrezza rocks of the Cyclops, sea stack in Catania, Sicily Royalty Free Stock Photo

Rocky sea shore of Acitrezza next to Cyclops islands, Catania, Sicily, Italy Royalty Free Stock Photo

Rocky sea shore of Acitrezza next to Cyclops islands on sunset, Catania, Sicily, Italy Royalty Free Stock Photo

Travel to Italy: Acitrezza rocks of the Cyclops, sea stack in Catania, Sicily Royalty Free Stock Photo

View of Acitrezza from the sea side of Acicastello, Catania, Sicily, Italy Royalty Free Stock Photo

View of Acitrezza from the sea side of Acicastello, Catania, Sicily Royalty Free Stock Photo

Of the coast of Aci Trezza are three tall, column-shaped islands. According to local legend, these great stones are the ones thrown at Odysseus in The Odyssey. The islands are referred to as the `isole dei ciclopi` islands of the Cyclops, or Cyclopean Isles by locals. This compliments the notion that the Cyclops once had a smithy below Mount Etna, which looms over the village to the northwest.