Faraglioni

Faraglioni di Scopello, on the north coast of Castellammare del Golfo
Faraglioni in Zagare Bay, Gargano National Park, Apulia

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.[1]

They are found at the coasts of several regions of Italy:

  1. ^ "faraglióne (ant. o region. fariglióne)". Treccani.

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