Near Schinondas, at the top of a peninsula, we come across the monument of Admiral Bisson.
Admiral Bisson was a leader in the 18th century battle against the pirates. In 1827, due to an intense storm, he moored into Maltezana, where two large pirate ships attacked him. Fighting against them for hours, and realizing that he would not be able to beat them, in a last effort not to fall under them, he set fire to the ship’s stored gunpowder and blew himself up with the ship.