Levanzo is the smallest of the three main Aegadian Islands

Aegadian Islands

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 in the Mediterranean Sea

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 west of Sicily

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, Italy

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. It forms a part of the municipality (comune

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) of Favignana

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 in the Province of Trapani

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.

Levanzo has an area of 5,82 km² . The highest point is Pizzo Monaco with a height of 278 m. The island has about 450 inhabitants. The habitation is mainly centered around a tiny port, that gives little shelter from storms.

The ancient name of the island was "Phorbantia" which is a sort of plants growing there.

Levanzo is famous for the "Grotta del Genovese" with Neolithic

Neolithic

The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...

 cave painting

Cave painting

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s and Palaeolithic graffitoes.