Barano – A judicial earthquake struck Ischia's beautiful Maronti Beach. This morning, the Carabinieri of the Ischia Company executed the precautionary seizure order for the entire tourist facility "Le Fumarole da Nicola e Lucia Di Meglio & C. sas," one of the most well-known and popular accommodation and restaurant complexes in the area.
The order, issued by the preliminary investigations judge of the Naples Court at the request of the local Public Prosecutor's Office, affects a large area, approximately 2.500 square meters, believed to be the result of decades of illegal building.
Illegal subdivision and rock excavations
The investigation, which began with an inspection and seizure carried out last June by the Barano d'Ischia Carabinieri Station, has revealed a pattern of repeated illegal land development dating back to 1968.
According to investigators' reconstruction, the abuse is not limited to individual irregularities, but constitutes a full-blown attack on the landscape. The business allegedly expanded its premises through excavations and earthworks in the living rock, the installation of fixed platforms and concrete structures, and the construction of terraces and low walls in the absence of building permits.
Landscape constraints and “irreversible damage”
The factor that tipped the scales toward precautionary seizure was the severity of the environmental and landscape damage. The Naples preliminary investigations judge, accepting the prosecutor's office's argument, highlighted how the illegal constructions had caused an "irreversible orographic transformation of the territory."
The company's requests for amnesty, which it had made over time to rectify the damage, were deemed unfounded and unacceptable, especially given the stringent landscape and seismic constraints that protect the island of Ischia.
The decree was served on the company's legal representative. Following the completion of the formal procedures, the judicial authorities granted a maximum of 20 days to clear the premises of people and property, heralding a long and complex legal process and, potentially, a vast environmental restoration operation.
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