Porto Azzurro

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,^[3] so it was transferred to the State of the Presidi that it was born as a direct possession of the crown of Spain. The state had only governors sent by the central Spanish government first and then Austrian.^[4] In 1801, Napoleon established the Kingdom of Etruria.^[3] Eventually it was transferred to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

Porto Azzurro
Comune
Comune di Porto Azzurro
Fountain in Porto Azzurro in May 2007
Coat of arms
Location of Porto Azzurro
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Coordinates: 42°46′N 10°24′E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Livorno (LI)
Frazioni	Barbarossa, Mola
Government
• Mayor	Luca Simoni
Area [1]
• Total	13.3 km2 (5.1 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population  (January 2017)[2]
• Total	3,752
• Density	280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Longonesi, Portoazzurrini
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	57036
Dialing code	0565
Patron saint	St. James
Saint day	26 July

See also

• Capo Focardo Lighthouse

References

1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. Istat
3. Frey, Linda; Frey, Marsha (1995). The treaties of the War of the Spanish Succession: an historical and critical dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 421–2. ISBN 978-0-313-27884-6. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
4. Roberto Ferretti (a cura di), Aspetti e problemi di storia dello Stato dei Presìdi in Maremma, 1979; Giuseppe Caciagli, Stato dei Presidi, Pontedera, Arnera Edizioni, 1992