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3 unusual facts about Portoferraio


Giacomo Damiani

Giacomo Damiani (August 1871, Magazzini - 1944) was an Italian icthyologist and ornithologist

Invasion of Elba

At 03:15, three other boats started laying smoke north of Portoferraio.

Marcello Montanari

Marcello Montanari (born September 25, 1965 in Portoferraio) is a retired Italian professional football player and coach.


Elba

The island is connected to the mainland via the three ferry companies, Toremar, Moby Lines and Blunavy, all offering routes between Piombino and Portoferraio, the capital located in the north, Cavo, Rio Marina and Porto Azzurro, on the east coast of the island.

Telemaco Signorini

Among his most notable paintings are The Ward of the Madwomen at S. Bonifazio in Florence (1865, Venice, Gallery of Modern Art in Cà Pesaro); Bagno Penale a Portoferraio (ca. 1890, Florence, Gallery of Modern Art in Palazzo Pitti), which portrays the well-known brigand Carmine Crocco during his imprisonment; and Leith (1881, Florence, Gallery of Modern Art in Palazzo Pitti).


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