Giglio: Costa Concordia-Titanic Link
Off the Island of Giglio, on Friday, January 13, 2012, the cruise liner Costa Concordia ran aground just off the shore. Most of the more than 4,200 passengers and crew were rescued and taken to the island, as well as to the mainland. At least 11 people died and 64 were injured, with 22 or more still missing. In this blog's previous posting , several links were noted between the Costa Concordia 's sinking of 2012, and the Titanic sinking of 1912. A new item discovered links to the name Giglio and deserves to be unfolded in this examination here. Isola del Giglio or Giglio Island is an island and Italian comune situated in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the coast of Tuscany, part of the Province of Grosseto. The island is one of seven that form the Tuscan Archipelago. Giglio means "lily" in Italian, and though the name would appear consistent with the insignia of Medici Florence , it derives from...