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Open your Dreams by Skim
There was a Skim exhibition in Capoliveri. I just love his works! -
The answer
I forgot what the question was, but this definitely is the answer. -
Capo di Stella
View of the Lacona beach -
Isola di Montechristo
Ahhh, the famous Montechristo island. -
Porto Azzurro
Via Nardelli Vincenzo -
Porto Azzurro
Passegiatta Carmignani -
Porto Azzurro
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Porto Azzurro
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Chiessi
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Capoliveri
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Iron mines
Laghetto delle Conche. There was almost no lake there. But the colours were spectacular! -
Iron mines
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Laghetto delle Conche
There was almost no water in the lake - but just enough to capture these reflections. -
Laghetto delle Conche
Dried up lake -
La Calcinaia
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Rio nell'Elba
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Via del Volterraio at night
And Scorpius underneath the Moon. -
Via Luperini
View from Via Luperini on Capoliveri -
Monte Capanne
View from the Capoliveri peninsula -
Agave blossom
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Monte Capanne
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Sunset on Elba
View from Via Luperini -
Moonshine
A yacht a night. In moonshine! -
Elba aquarium
A jellyfish -
Elba aquarium
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Elba aquarium
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Elba aquarium
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Elba aquarium
Someone's hiding here. -
Elba aquarium
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Elba aquarium
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Elba aquarium
That is a Sea pen (pennatula). An animal. -
Elba aquarium
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Elba aquarium
And these are shark eggs. -
Elba aquarium
Aquarium in Marina di Campo -
Elba aquarium
A piranha -
Elba aquarium
A sawfish bone -
Elba aquarium
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Moonset
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Portoferraio
With Forte Falcone -
Club Med 2 in Portoferraio bay
a 194 m long staysail schooner (that's what Wikipedia says). -
Napoleon's villa
Garden of the Villa di San Martino -
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
Ceilings. They are different in every room. -
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. -
Napoleon's villa
The Egyptian room -
Napoleon's villa
A detail on the wall in the Egyptian room... I'm pretty sure that the painter never visited Egypt ;-) -
Napoleon's villa
A statue of Napoleon in the garden -
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. -
Napoleon's villa
Gardens of the villa. What is going on with this palm tree? With so many tiny palms growing out of it? -
Lacona
Elba is beautiful even in rain. -
Chiessi
Probably my (and my kids') favourite place on the island. -
Chiessi
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Chiessi
A wonderful sunset with Corsica in the background. -
Mountains of Corsica
As seen from Elba -
Dilbar and setting sun
I was hoping to catch a perfect sunset ... and then Dilbar came. Dilbar, the mega-yacht, the fourth largest in the world and the largest by the volume, 156 m long. -
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. -
Elba
From Colle Reciso towards San Martino -
Elba
From Colle Reciso towards San Martino -
A on Elba
Aaaah, the A. The largest sailing yacht. 143m long. And about a 100 m tall. It spent several days on Elba so we saw a lot of it, from all sides. -
Portoferraio
Linguella Museum of Archeology in the Medicean Fortress -
Portoferraio
A pedestrian tunnel through the fortress's walls -
Il Casale di Monserrato
A wonderful secret garden -
Entrance gate
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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. -
Sunset
Sunset behind the Monserrato -
Capoliveri
Qui si mangia. -
Capoliveri
Piazzetta G. Marconi -
Monte Capanne
as seen from Capoliveri -
Capoliveri
Probably my favourite town on the island. -
Capoliveri
Parrocchia Santa Maria Assunta -
Sea daffodil in Lacona
Pancratium maritimum -
Sea daffodil in Lacona
Pancratium maritimum -
A
A again. Still in Portoferraio, Elba. -
Portoferraio
Chiesa della Misericordia -
Portoferraio
Lots of stairs. Everywhere. -
Scoglietto Portoferraio
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Yin-yang sunset on Elba
Sun setting behind Capraia -
Portoferraio
You must enter another dimension behind these doors, otherwise I cannot imagine how these are separate apartments/houses. -
Portoferraio
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Portoferraio
... and another huge yacht, interestingly illuminated. -
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. -
A in Portoferraio
Again, A. In front, there is a completely normal sailing yacht. That one in the back is not. -
Elba
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LIguella Museum, Portoferraio
I don't know what these benches are made of, but they are special. -
LIguella Museum, Portoferraio
Remains of a Roman villa. -
Portoferraio
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Ancient graffiti
in Linguella, Portoferraio, Elba -
Santo Stefano alle Trane
Ceiling of the church -
Santo Stefano alle Trane
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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.