Salina is one of the seven islands Eolie and it is situated in province of Messina. It measure 26,8 Km2 and it is the second for extent and for population (the first is Lipari). The island, together with the other six “sisters”, is cultural assests of Unesco. Its location, in the centre of the archipelago, permits to reach easly the other islands. It has volcanic origin and, formed by six craters extinguished, has two of the highest mountains of islands Eolie: Monte delle Felci Mt. 962 and Monte dei Porri Mt. 860. It was called Didyme (twins) from ancient Greeks just for this two volcanic relief which are separated from the Valdichiesa’s plateau. Its current name derives from a salty small lake situated in Lingua, a hamlet of Santa Marina, from which was extracted salt. From an historical point of view, was one of the protagonists in the Aeolian Neolithic. In fact there have been findings of settlements, dating from the bronze age, which are now visible in the prehistoric village in the locality of Portella. Were also found evidence of the greek, roman and byzantine periods in various localities of the island traceable in the graves and remains of roman houses, recently emphasized in the locality of Barone. Finally the arab invasions made it desolate, until the population and the activities met new sheen. The archaeological finds are preserved in the ethno-anthropological and archaeological museum in the locality of Lingua.