Portoferraio
(redirected from Portoferraio, Elba)The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Portoferraio
a city in Italy, situated on the island of Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany. Population, 10,600 (1966). A small port, Portoferraio exports iron ore. One of Italy’s richest iron-ore deposits is located in the neighboring town of Rio Marina. Deposits of ferruginous pyrites are also nearby.
Portoferraio was Napoleon’s residence during his exile on Elba in 1814 and 1815.
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