Homer put the monster here, the fishermen put the stilts: Scilla is the myth of the Strait turned village, the crag of Ruffo castle sheer between two beaches, and Chianalea — the quarter where houses step into the water and boats park beneath the windows — earning its title of little Venice of the South.
For centuries swordfish have been hunted here with the passerella, the boat with the dizzying mast for spotting the schools: in summer the spectacle is watched from the pier, and the fish ends up in the stilt-house restaurants. Across the water, the Aeolians at sunset seem an oar's reach away.
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