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This natural landmark is a trio of towering limestone sea stacks rising sheer from the sapphire waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea, just off the southeastern coast of Capri. Formed roughly 230 million years ago and sculpted over millennia by relentless wind and wave erosion, the three formations — Faraglione di Terra, Faraglione di Mezzo, and Faraglione di Fuori — stand as the island’s most photographed natural monument.

Framed by jasmine-draped cliffs and terraced villas cascading toward the turquoise coves near Marina Piccola, the stacks glow amber at sunset and shelter a rare blue lizard found nowhere else on earth. Ancient legend tells of boulders hurled by the Cyclops Polyphemus, while sailors once believed the rocks emitted a mystical nocturnal glow guiding them safely home.

Best admired from a boat gliding through the narrow passage of Faraglione di Mezzo, or from the aerial vantage above Marina Piccola, this is Capri’s sublime meeting point of geology, myth, and Mediterranean light.