Historical Places of the Island of Elba

Historical Places of the Island of Elba

Cava delle Grottarelle sovrastante Cavoli veduta su Montecristo e Pianosa

The Grottarelle an old granite quarry

Granite column, the ancient quarry of Grottarelle Although the Pisans worked in this quarry it was probably already in use ...
Macina Antica in granito di Cavoli

Ancient millstone in Cavoli

The ancient Granite Paths: Ancient Cavoli granite millstone The ancient millstone is made from a large block of friable granite ...
Resti semilavorati all'Antica cava delle Grottarelle

Elba granite cave history sculptures

Elba granite is used in the most disparate areas Granite and its use in the most disparate areas run through ...
Sassi Ritti Menhir

The Sassi Ritti (menhir) San Piero

Sassi Ritti four aniconic menhirs The Sassi Ritti site (a short distance from San Piero) hosts a series of four ...
Mill of Moncione San Piero

Mill of Moncione San Piero

The Moncione Mill is the largest on Elba The Moncione Mill was the largest in Elba, created with a horizontal ...
The Cavoli Ship 2,000 granite sculpture

The Ship (granite sculpture)

The Ship (granite sculpture) is perhaps the most famous artifact in the entire area, mentioned in all the chronicles of ...
Mausoleum Tonietti Cavo Rio Marina

Tonietti Mausoleum

Tonietti Mausoleum built by Adolfo Coppedè The Tonietti Mausoleum was built at the end of the 19th and beginning of ...
Source  of Napoleon (Poggio)

Source of Napoleon (Poggio)

Napoleon's fountain, ancient source of Acquaviva Poggio In the name of Source of Napoleon (Poggio), following the passage of the ...
Theater of the Vigilanti  former church from Carmine

Theater of the Vigilanti former church from Carmine

The theater of the Vigilanti, is a small masterpiece, located in the heart of the historic center of Portoferraio , ...
Tower of the Linguella Martello Passannante Portoferraio

Imprisonment in Tower Passannante Giovanni

Tower of Passannante Another name assigned to the Tower of the Martello for the long imprisonment spent by Giovanni Passannante. ...
Hill of the Windmill of San Martino  - Elba Island

Hill of the Windmill of San Martino

Hill of the Windmill of San Martino, as what remains of the windmill is called, not far from Monte San ...
The Source of Coppi Rio Elba

Source Coppi Rio Elba

Source Coppi is a simple fountain, but a very significant place for cycling enthusiasts, for whom it is common to ...
Arsenal of Galeazze and the opposite wall

Arsenal of the Galeazze Portoferraio

The Arsenal from the Galeazze, is the place where once stood the Arsenal of the Medici Grand Ducal fleet, called ...
Arch of San Michele or dei Vantini (Bucine)

Arch of San Michele or Vantini

The Arch of San Michele or dei Vantini is located along the road that from the junction for S. Giovanni ...
Biscotteria Portoferraio today municipality

Biscotteria Portoferraio today municipality

Biscotteria, the building that houses the town hall of Portoferraio Biscotteria is the name of the building that houses the ...
Boundary stone Hill of the Windmill

Boundary stone Hill of the Windmill of San Martino

Boundary stone Hill of the Windmill Not far from the windmill of San Martino, on the crest road leading to ...
The Municipal Washhouse of Rio Elba

The public wash house of Rio Elba

The Rio Elba Public Washhouse, located in the part below the town, near the source of the Canali, from which ...
Cesare De Laugier Cultural and Congress Center, former convent of S. Salvatore and seat of the Order of the Knights of Santo Stefano

De Laugier Cultural and Congress Center

The Cultural and Congress Center , named after Cesare De Laugier, a Napoleonic officer of a Portoferraio mother, represents an ...