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Capraia is one of the seven sisters of the From Tuscany Archipelago, third like dimensions after Elba and Giglio. Long E' approximately 8 Km. from Tip of the Teglia to Tip of the wide Zenobito and 4 km. from the Peraiola island to Mount Bell tower. Surface nearly 20 has one Kmq and one 30 coastal development of Km. E' a island of vulcanica origin, frastagliatissima and flood of insenature and coves. To the West it introduces of the mountains, whose peak is 445 m. the beacon is to Ferraione Tip. Twenty many forts are not rare during the winter, the libeccio in particular it is annoying since it is threaded between hills and it arrives violent in port. The north-west wind is normal in summer. To Mortola Cove there is the only beach of the island. To East they are practicable Cove of the Zurletto, little under Tip of the Ferraione, and Cove Stock, under Tip of the Civitata, until arriving to the scenica Red Cove, nearly to Tip of the Zenobito. To the West there are two calette good for the mooring between the Scoglio of the Peraiola and Punta of the Manza. THE HISTORY Famous to etruschi, Greeks and Roman (in the 67 a.C. Pompeo made public square clean of broods of pirati that it was hidden to you), in IV the Capraia century divenne goal of monaci anchorets and was placed under the jurisdiction of the bishopric of Luni. In the 962 Brass the granted ones to Pisa; more times laid a trap and conquered from the Saraceni, divenne genovese dominion in 1283. After alternate vicissitudes, in 1407 it entered to make part of the state fiorentino, but at the beginning of XVI the century it returned newly in genovese hand, before belonging to the family de' Seas, against which the isolani were rebelled, therefore to the Bench of Saint George and infìne, in 1562, directly to the republic of Genoa. This, but short intervals, governed it until the English occupation of 1814. The treaty of Vienna of 1815 assigned (with all the Liguria to it, of which it had shared the fate also in the period of the French domination) to the reign of Sardinia. In the 1872 part of its territory penal agricultural colony was destined to one, existing anchor today. Given the full of rocks nature and scoscesa of the land, the island has always had an economy much poor one, based on the peach and one limited agricultural production, consisting in one insufficient production of granaglie and one discreet wine production. Today the weight of these traditional occupations is of all the negligible one and, in absence of industrial activities, the field on which the entire local economy is based (absorbing nearly the three quarters of the active population) is the terziario, supported from the summery tourism. The island of Capraia is characterized still today for its wild and incontaminato aspect: the innumerevoli possibilities of trekking naturalistic aim to pick, in its various aspects, integrity and the pregio it acclimatizes them of this island. The routes, characterize to you from the scents and from the colors of the various botanical essences, snodano along ancient muleteer with frequent it shows oneself along the coasts, here mostly high and full of rocks, adorned from small coves and arches natural, and alternated to raggiungibili small calette in boat, only offering numerous cues for the observation of the particular ecosystems. The presence of a sweet water small lake, important point plugs for the migratory birds, gives the possibility to practice activity of birdwatching.
Island of Capraia
  • Capraia is one of the seven sisters of the From Tuscany Archipelago, third like dimensions after Elba and Giglio. Long E' approximately 8 Km. from Tip of the Teglia to Tip of the w
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Distant hardly 10 Km from the continent, with a surface of 224 Kmq, Elba is the greater island of the From Tuscany Archipelago and third, for largeness, of the Italian islands. From some years ago part of the National Park of the From Tuscany Archipelago together to Pianosa, Capraia, Montecristo, Giglio and Giannutri. In fact nearly 50 % of its territory, comprised the scogli and isolotti, turn out protected zone: the Ants of the Zanca, the Ogliera, the Scoglio of the Triglia, the Corbella Island, the Gemini Islands, the Isolotto d' Ortano, the Island of the Rats and the Scoglietto di Portoferraio. The territories of the isolotti are protected also of Palmaiola and Cerboli in the channel of Piombino (zone 2). Moreover the Decree Ministerial of 10 August 1971 has instituted a zone of biological protection in the feature of sea of the territory of the common one of Portoferraio, in locality the Gravels, comprised between Tip Falcon and Head White man, where the Scoglietto is found. In such feature of sea whichever activity of peach is forbidden, is professional that sport, except the peach with lenze from earth and totanaie. For its particularly mild climate, for the variety of the coasts (that they have a development of 147 km.), for the amenity of the spiagge, the majestic beauty of the group of the Mount Huts (mt 1019), just has become one of the centers of tourist attraction of greater interest.
Elba Island
  • Distant hardly 10 Km from the continent, with a surface of 224 Kmq, Elba is the greater island of the From Tuscany Archipelago and third, for largeness, of the Italian islands. Fro
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Island of Gorgona
  • The most northern (43°25' 37 '' lat. North) and the smallest island of the Archipelago, is extended for 220 hectares and tos be distant approximately 37 km from Livorno, 39 from Ca
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Montecristo Island
  • Its surface is about 1,040 hectares and coastal development is 16 km. It is about 45 km and 63 km from dall'Argentario. Integral Nature Reserve with the ministerial decree on Mar
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The island of Pianosa
  • Pianosa is the fifth, by extension, of the seven islands of the Tuscan and is situated 13 km South-West (SW) of the island. It covers an area of 10.3 square km and a coastline of
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<b>Buca delle fate</b>One of the most famous places is “Buca delle Fate”, a nice bay of steep reef, which only a few people can reach to enjoy the wild and rugged nature. Here there is no beach, but only rock and thick maquis sheer above the sea.
Buca delle fate beach
  • Buca delle fateOne of the most famous places is “Buca delle Fate”, a nice bay of steep reef, which only a few people can reach to enjoy the wild and rugged nature. Here there is no
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The campaign <B> castagnetana </ B> has discovered in recent years, almost by chance, they become the capital of tourism outdoors. Even <BR> cycling have elected capital pedal ": little traffic, a great variety of routes and pleasant climate all year round. In the ranking of most livable resorts, drawn by Legambiente, Castagneto Carducci was the first in Tuscany and the third world for six times in ten years ultuimi Castagneto Carducci was Blue Flag , recognition EEC attributed to the seaside resorts with the services more efficient and cleaner sea.
Even if the territory is rich in pieces from the Etruscan-Roman , the name of Castagneto appeared for the first time in the donation of goods to the monastery of St. Peter in Monteverdi drafted on July 6 754 AD By Walfredo of Ratcauso.
The name derives from " castaneam " and it is linked to local resources. And 'however strange that today the area is a small chestnut and that nutrition-based chestnuts and' always been uncommon. The most plausible explanation is that the chestnut was used not for its fruit , but as timber from coal and steel oven.
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The Castagnetana Campaign
  • The campaign castagnetana has discovered in recent years, almost by chance, they become the capital of tourism outdoors. Even cycling have elected " capital pedal ": little traf
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