Tonietti Mausoleum built by Adolfo Coppedè
The Tonietti Mausoleum was built at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. by the Florentine architect Adolfo Coppedè for the Tonietti family as family tomb and as a monument to Giuseppe Tonietti, the first tenant of the Elban mines.
The date of construction is uncertain and dates back to between 1899 and 1906. It is considered the best work of Adolfo Coppedè’s production on the island d’Elba, where the same architect was responsible for the main house of the S. Martino farm, the residential building and the family chapel in Portoferraio
Mausoleum built on a quadrangular base
The mausoleum, built on a quadrangular base preceded by a marble staircase – today totally degraded, is configured as an imposing square-plan tower which, both in terms of shape and position, closely recalls the idea of an elaborate lighthouse.
The material used for the construction is rough-cut Elba granite, with numerous and characterizing white marble inserts for the heterogeneous, grandiloquent decorative episodes.
Where is the Tonietti Mausoleum
It is located on the sides of Mount Lentisco, in the locality of Pinetina near the Cavo, Rio Marina on a rock step, 112 meters high to dominate the village of Cavo. From a distance, the summit stands out like a lighthouse from the green mantle of vegetation.