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Montecristo: A mountain in the Sea
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A the ruins of a mill used by the monk in the XVI century. The wheels where moved by the water that was forced in conduits dug in the granit rocks. Montecristo is the most distant island of the Tuscan Arcipelago form the Italian coast. It's a cone of granite with rugge valleys and peaks, the highest, Monte Fortezza is 654 meters. It has been a wildlife reserve since 1971. Federico Scoppa/CAPTA

