The Island of Cavallo remained uninhabited for thousands of years.
The Romans sent prisoners there to extract granite, which was then used to decorate patrician homes and build monuments.
The island was feared by all sailors for the dangers hidden behind its enchanting beauty.
In 1855, during a stormy, dark night, the shipwreck of the Semillante in the waters of the Lavezzi Archipelago led to the death of 600 French soldiers headed for Crimea: never before had such a dramatic tragedy occurred in the Mediterranean.
The soldiers’ bodies were buried on Lavezzi in two small cemeteries specially built for them.
Legend has it that the song of the seagulls is the voice of their souls, still searching for eternal peace in the depths of the sea.
The Island of Cavallo was abandoned during the reign of Augustus and remained forgotten for many centuries.
It was rediscovered in the 1800s when the shepherd Terrazzoni moved there with his flock. Cavallo is the only inhabited island in the entire archipelago and the most exclusive paradise in the Mediterranean basin.
Cavallo is a world unto itself, closed off and privileged: the most elegant corner of the Mediterranean.