Country Italy Province / Metropolitan city Livorno (LI) Elevation 2 m (7 ft) Local time Friday 6:10 PM | Region Tuscany Frazioni Barbarossa, Mola Province Province of Livorno | |
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Demonym(s) Longonesi, Portoazzurrini Weather 16°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 89% Humidity Points of interest Spiaggia Di Barbarossa, Laghetto di Terra Nera, Reale, Laghetto di Terranera, Spiaggia di Terranera | ||
Porto Azzurro is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany; it is on the island of Elba, located about 130 kilometres (81 miles) southwest of Florence and about 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of Livorno. It was formerly called Porto Longone, and in 1557 Iacopo VI Appiani, Prince of Piombino, granted Spain the right to build a fortress there. It was transferred to the Kingdom of Naples in 1735 under the terms of the 1725 Treaty of Vienna, and then to France in 1801, when Napoleon established the Kingdom of Etruria.
Map of Porto Azzurro, Province of Livorno, Italy
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