Historical places on the Island of Elba

Walking through the towns and villages of the Island of Elba means you can follow in the footsteps of famous people and great civilizations. Barracks, arsenals, prisons, but also houses and streets, all have stories to tell of public and private lives, of dreams that came true and hopes that were shattered, of utopias and destruction.

They tell us how an emperor's mother refused to leave her son, or how an entire town was called after its founder, and how the dreams of famous people got caught up in the simple elba life.

• Biscuit factoryThe biscuit factory met the garrisons and the new Medicean town's need of bread, and then that of all the Island of Elba.
• Roman villa of the GrottosDating back to the I century BC, this luxurious Roman villa dominated the gulf of Portoferraio.
• Galliass dockyardCosimo de' Medici wanted a galliass dockyard for building and repairing the galliasses of the Order of the Santo Stefano Knights.
• Letizia's homesLetizia Ramolino Bonaparte, Napoleon's mother, stayed for a few months in Portoferraio and Marciana.
• De Laugier BarracksIt became the seat of the Order of the Santo Stefano Knights in 1562, then a Franciscan convent, and eventually barracks.
• Vigilanti TheatreIn 1814 Napoleon had the Carmine Church changed to the Vigilanti Theatre
• Linguella Roman villaThe villa was biggest and at its maximum splendour in the II century AD, when it became the home of Publio Aclio Attiano.

Historical Places

• Galliass dockyard
• Biscuit factory
• Letizia's homes
• De Laugier Barracks
• Vigilanti Theatre
• Roman villa of the Grottos
• Linguella Roman villa
• Places to see

7 places to visit that can be seen on the map.
The map has already been laid out at a zoom level that enables you to see all the points of interest.