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| Where | Portoferraio - Piazzale De Laugier |
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| How to get there | Starting from Piazza Cavour, walk along the Municipality building and take Salita Napoleone. On the left, a small but steep climb leads to the Piazzale of the Caserma De Laugier, which offers a splendid view of the rooftops of Portoferraio and the Medici dock. |
| Hours | Opening based on the schedule of the conference hall, exhibitions, library, and cinema. |
| Visitor experience | Suitable for visitors over 65 - Dogs allowed subject to specific rules |
Commissioned in 1562 by Cosimo I de' Medici, the former convent of S. Salvatore was intended to house the Order of the Knights of Saint Stephen, founded in Portoferraio a year earlier. With the transfer of the Order to Pisa, the convent was entrusted to the Franciscans and, after the Grand Duchy suppressions and the French occupation, it was later transformed into a barracks.
Today, the Cultural and Conference Center, the building retains the name of the Napoleonic officer of Elban origin Cesare De Laugier, hero of Curtatone and Montanara.
On the ground floor, it features a Renaissance arcade leading to a courtyard with a well. The interior rooms, originally used as cisterns, are now used for exhibitions, events, and conferences, as well as the "Nello Santi" cinema hall.
In the rooms of the Cultural Center, there is also a conference hall, the Library, and the Foresiana Art Gallery, where the most precious testimonies of the island's history and culture are preserved.
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