- Elba aquarium
A sawfish bone - Napoleon's villa
First French Empire coat of arms with an eagle holding thunderbolts. - Napoleon's villa
Napoleon used this house in 1814-15. - Napoleon's villa
Kitchen - Napoleon's villa
Bathroom - Napoleon's villa
Drawing of "Casa Napoleone" by Charlote Napoleon - Napoleon's villa
Sala del nodo d'amore: Ceiling with the lover's knot, expressing the love between Napoleon and Maria Luisa. - Demidoff Gallery in Napoleon's villa
Demidoff was Count Anatolio Demidoff, husband of Napoleon's neice Matilde di Monfort. This is a map of Elba by Ferdinando Bertelli from the 1560s. - Church of the Madonna della Neve
The original building dates back to the Romanesque-Pisan period of the 12th century, the rest is mostly from the 16th century. - Lacona
A granary, I believe. - Portoferraio
Linguella Museum of Archeology in the Medicean Fortress - The Monserrato Sanctuary
Highly popular in XVII and XVIII century. Built by a Spanish governor for surviving a storm. - Nonno pino
The largest/oldest pine tree, about 400 years old. 15 m tall with a circumference of 4.5 m. - Portoferraio
Chiesa della Misericordia - Portoferraio
Lots of stairs. Everywhere. - Portoferraio
You must enter another dimension behind these doors, otherwise I cannot imagine how these are separate apartments/houses. - LIguella Museum, Portoferraio
Archeological museum in Portoferraio is in the old salt store rooms of the Linguella Medicean Fortresses. - LIguella Museum, Portoferraio
Many amphoras have been found in the seas around the island. - LIguella Museum, Portoferraio
Remains of a Roman villa. - Portoferraio
- Ancient graffiti
in Linguella, Portoferraio, Elba - Santo Stefano alle Trane
Ceiling of the church - Santo Stefano alle Trane
- Santo Stefano alle Trane
This church dates from the second half of the XII century. Completely destroyed in 1442 and once again 1747, last renovation was done in the 1970s. - Villa Romana delle Grotte, Portoferraio
A wonderful Roman villa from I century BC. If I'm not mistaken, this is the spa that included calidarium and frigidarium. - Villa Romana delle Grotte, Portoferraio
This was the upper pool of the villa. Not bad. Not bad at all. - Villa Romana delle Grotte, Portoferraio
A huuuge villa with an even larger garden. - Capoliveri
End of August this year and it gets dark so early: Pitch dark at 9:15! - Crucifix
Church of San Giacomo e San Quirico. Now that is a strange statue: the shoulders seem to be broken and the hair seems to be ... real. - Church of San Giacomo e San Quirico
Some Guarnerius Sculpsit in 1679. - Rio nell'Elba
Via Ilario Zambelli - Church of Padreterno in Rio nell'Elba
What a lovely street! - Rio nell'Elba
- Public wash-house
Lavatoio pubblico - public wash-house in Rio nell'Elba. In 1873 the population of Rio increased significantly, and they rebuilt the old wash-house. - Rio nell'Elba
I still don't understand how TWO apartments can fit into such a small house. - Church of the Holy Souls
Church of the Holy Souls now shows The Nativity of Rio Castello. All year long. Even in summer. The nativity scene is not old, it was built in 2010. - Church of Padreterno in Rio nell'Elba
The church was built in 16th century on a preexisting older chapel. - Capoliveri
Via Circonvallazione. I don't know what this building was, but it looks old. - Various coins
The steamer Polluce sank between Porto Azzurro and Capoliveri in 1841. These are some of the many coins recovered recently. - Napoleonic coins
There were a lot of coins. A lot. These are Napoleonic. - Various coins
These are the golden coins recovered from the Polluce. - Pieve di San Giovanni
The church is from the 12th and 13th century. - Porta Medicea of Marciana
- Saint Liboria Chapel in Marciana
Some say the chapel dates from the 11th-12th century, others claim it is from 17th century. Now, that is very exact!