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PORTOFERRAIO AND IT'S CULTURE, HISTORY AND NATURE

Isola d'Elba

Napoleonic Museum of the Villa San Martino
Loc. S. Martino
(about 5 Km from Portoferraio)
 
Tel. 0565.914688

Country seat from Napoleon who owes its current aspect to the prince Demidoff a distant  related of the emperor, who bought the simple possession in the year 1851 and extended the building to a neo classic which became the
"picture gallery the Demidoff". On the inside is conserved the statue of the "Galatea"  of Canova, for which the sister of Napoleon, Paolina, made the model. The fresco painting inside the mansion was made by the painter Ravelli.

 

 Luoghi da visitare all'Isola d'Elba - click the pic
Foto: netservice-online

Timetables:
Open all the year. Closing: Monday.
On workdays: 9.00-19.00
Holiday: 9.00-13.00

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Netservice online di Biancotti Gianfranco - Loc. Magazzini, 50 - 57037 Portoferraio - P. I.V.A. 01278310493