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PORTO AZZURRO
The city, 3100 inhabitants, lies in a protected
bay of the golf of 'Mola', which was used since
ever as a natural port of call on the nautic routs
of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
In the beginning of the 16th. century, it was the
Spaniards, who, under the recomandation of the Genoese
admiral Andrea Doria, planned to build a fortification
on the eastern side of the gulf in order to close
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Together with the fortress 'Focardo' on the other side,
this became the defensive system of the gulf, base of
Filippo III's fleet. This defensive system was made to
contain the military raise of the grand duc of Tuscany,
who, with the fortifications of Portoferraio, owned a
strategic stronghold in the Tyrrhenian Sea , from which
he was able to seriously endanger the Spanish interests
in this part of the Mediterranean Sea. The city was attached
to the reign of Naples in 1714 until 1801, when it was
left to the French who occupied the whole Tuscany.
In 1815, after the fall of Napoleon, it was again attached
to the grand duchy of Tuscany, until the unification of
Italy.
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During the 18th. and 19th. century, together with Portoferraio
and Marciana Marina, Porto Azzurro was one of the main
fishing centers of the island, with a strong immigration
of fishermen from Naples, Ponza and Genoa.
The small town center is very beautiful with its narrow
roads, stone houses, enchanting angels, corners and squares,
and the large, vivid mail square directly on the sea and
the harbour.
To visit are: the Church of Madonna di Monserrato, built
during the 17th. century by the spanish governor Leon.
The immage of the Virgin still conserved in the church,
is said to be an identical copy of the one one can see
in the church in Spain with the same name. The fortress
of S. Giacomo, the prison's headquarters, a spanish fortress
built during the 17th. century: sales of very interesting
handicrafts. The Spanish Church (Chiesa Spagnola) with
a marble statue of the general Diego D'Alarcson.
In the territory around the city, a part a vivid tourism,
exists today a non neglectable agriculture (fruits and
wine) and in the surroundings one can admire beautiful
cultivated fields, specially in the valleys of 'Mola',
'Montserrato' and 'Reale'.
Marketday: Saturday.
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Lungomare De
Gaspari, 1
57036 Porto Azzurro (Li)
Isola d’Elba Italy |
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Tel.+39.0565.95105
Fax.+39.056595105
Mobile.+39.339.6596214 |
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