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    Portoferraio (Italian pronunciation: [ˌpɔrtoferˈraːjo]) is a town and comune in the province of Livorno, on the edge of the eponymous harbour of the island...
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    which increases considerably during the summer. The municipalities are Portoferraio (which is also the island's principal town), Campo nell'Elba, Capoliveri...
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    Isolotto della Scola (Pianosa) Palmaiola (Piombino Channel) Scoglietto di Portoferraio (Elba) and skerries as: Faraglione del Giglio Formiche di Capraia (Capraia)...
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    Portoferraio lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Portoferraio), called Faro del Forte Stella Lighthouse since is placed on the northern rampart of Forte Stella...
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    2020. napoleonsites (2020b). "Le Palais des Mulini à Portoferraio" [The Mulini Palace in Portoferraio] (in French). Archived from the original on 30 December...
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  • Biancone di Portoferraio is a white Italian wine grape variety that is grown almost exclusively on the island of Elba off the coast of Tuscany. Some ampelographers...
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    Montecristo (category Frazioni of Portoferraio)
    Tuscan Archipelago. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Portoferraio in the province of Livorno, Italy. The island has an area of 10.39 km2...
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    Napoleon on his arrival on the island, was hoisted on the highest point of Portoferraio on the day of the landing of the emperor on the island. The original...
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    branco, Perugino, Procanico, Procanico Dell Isola D Elba, Procanico Portoferraio, Queue De Renard, Romani, Rossan De Nice, Rossetto, Rossola, Rossula...
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    population, about 30,000 in 1939, consisted of 12,000 people living in Portoferraio, the main harbour a population of 3,000 at Marciana, both on the north...
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    several nights sheltering off the island of Elba before heading into Portoferraio on the 29 January for repairs. The fleet eventually arrived on 7 February...
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  • Marcello Montanari (born 25 September 1965 in Portoferraio) is an Italian football coach and former professional player who played as a defender. "Marcello...
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    Valentino Romano (1997). Crocco was later transferred to the prison at Portoferraio, where he died on 18 June 1905. Crocco is the main character of the production...
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  • of the island of Elba, known for a remarkable landscape and views of Portoferraio and Monte Capanne. The hill's development dates from Elba's ancient periods...
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    Bois Dur, Karinjan, Karinyan, Kek Carignan, Legno Duro, Legno Duro di Portoferraio, Manuelo Tinto, Manzuela (in Rioja), Marocain, Mazuela, Mollard (in Rioja)...
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    Austria. He was conveyed to the island on HMS Undaunted and disembarked at Portoferraio on 4 May 1814. In the first few months on Elba, he drew up plans for...
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    business interests and also worked as a racing instructor. Keegan died in Portoferraio after a long battle with cancer on 23 September 2024, at the age of 69...
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  • Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Portoferraio, province of Livorno. At the time of the 2011 census its population was...
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    Saint-Raphaël on April 29, 1814, aboard the English frigate Undaunted, reached Portoferraio on May 3, 1814, and disembarked the following day. On the same day, Louis...
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    heavily used, both for industry and for tourism, with ferry boats to Portoferraio (Elba) and Olbia (Sardinia). The bounding communes of Piombino are Campiglia...
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    Sansepolcro, the new walls of Pisa and Fivizzano and the strongholds of Portoferraio on the island of Elba and Terra del Sole. He laid heavy tax burdens on...
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    French colonial troops entering Portoferraio, Elba, in June 1944....
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    Inconstant, four small transports, and two feluccas, slipped away from Portoferraio with some 1,000 men and landed at Golfe-Juan, between Cannes and Antibes...
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    Collesalvetti Livorno Marciana Marciana Marina Piombino Porto Azzurro Portoferraio Rio Rosignano Marittimo San Vincenzo Sassetta Suvereto At 30 April 2014...
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    torpedoed and sank the Italian coastal steamship en route from Piombino to Portoferraio on Elba. The ship sank immediately leaving only four or five survivors...
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  • Paolo Virzì. It is loosely based on the novel N. by Ernesto Ferrero. In Portoferraio, island of Elba, young teacher Martino is fired over his criticism of...
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    is notable for being the primary grape in the cult wine Aleatico di Portoferraio made in Elba. In Chile is known as Red Moscatel. The grape has also been...
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    1553 Landings at Sicily, Tavolara, Sardinia, Porto Ercole, Piombino, Portoferraio 1553 Capture of Vieste near Foggia; Elba and Corsica 1554 Landings at...
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  • Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Portoferraio, province of Livorno. At the time of the 2011 census its population was...
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    Giovanni Battista Caneva (Asiago, 16 September 1904 – Portoferraio, 12 March 1947) was an Italian Fascist politician, syndicalist and athlete. He was federal...
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