Porto Azzurro

Porto Azzurro
Comune
Comune di Porto Azzurro
Coat of arms
Porto Azzurro Location of Porto Azzurro in Italy
Coordinates: IT 42°46′N 10°24′E / 42.767°N 10.400°E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Livorno (LI)
Frazioni	Barbarossa, Mola
Government
• Mayor	Luca Simoni
Area
• Total	13.3 km^2 (5.1 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population (28 February 2015)[1]
• Total	3,723
• Density	280/km^2 (730/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Longonesi, Portoazzurrini
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	57036
Dialing code	0565
Patron saint	St. James
Saint day	July 26

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.^[2] It was transferred to the Kingdom of Naples in 1735 under the terms of the 1725 Treaty of Vienna, and then to France in 1801, when Napoleon established the Kingdom of Etruria.^[2]

References

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2. 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.