MERMAIDS DO EXIST

MERMAIDS DO EXIST

Siracusa

Riserva Naturale Del Plemmirio

In 2008 a statue was lowered onto the sea floor in memory of a mermaid who passed away.
The former Freediving World Champion Rossana Maiorca succumbed to illness, and the ocean that had seen her dive so many times in the deep blue of its waters dedicated a mermaid-like statue to her. As well as greeting freedivers, the Plemmirio seabed is an unmissable destination for scuba divers too, as its marine protected area status makes it the ideal place to observe a myriad of fish species swimming over carpets of multicolored algae.
Alongside the mullets, dentex, and seabream, a mermaid swims across the sea of Syracuse again.
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