Portoferraio

Portoferraio is a town and comune in the , on the edge of the eponymous harbour of the island of , . It is the island's largest town.
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  • Type: Locality with 12,000 residents
  • Description: comune in Tuscany, Italy
  • Also known as: 049014” and “Cosmopoli

Places of Interest

Highlights include Portoferraio Lighthouse and Museo napoleonico Palazzina dei Mulini.

, called Faro del Forte Stella Lighthouse since is placed on the northern rampart of Forte Stella built in 1548 by Cosimo I de' Medici in Portoferraio, .

Archaeological site
is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Giovanni and Bagnaia.

Village
is a village in , central , administratively a frazione of the comune of Portoferraio, . At the time of the 2011 census its population was 695.

Village
is a village in , central , administratively a frazione of the comuni of Portoferraio and Rio, . At the time of the 2011 census its population was 261. is situated 4 km east of Portoferraio.

Village
is a village in , central , administratively a frazione of the comune of , . At the time of the 2011 census its population was 303. is located on the Elba Island and it is about 10 km from Capoliveri. is situated 5 km south of Portoferraio.

Portoferraio

Latitude
42.8115° or 42° 48′ 42″ north
Longitude
10.3146° or 10° 18′ 53″ east
Population
12,000
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
8FJGR867+JR
Geo­Names ID
6536831
Wiki­data ID
Q157856
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Portoferraio” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بورتوفيرايو
  • Armenian: Պորտոֆերաիո
  • Azerbaijani: Portoferrayo
  • Basque: Portoferraio
  • Belarusian: Портафераё
  • Belarusian: Портафэраё
  • Breton: Portoferraio
  • Bulgarian: Портоферайо
  • Catalan: Portoferraio
  • Cebuano: Portoferraio
  • Central Bikol: Portoferraio
  • Chechen: Портоферрайо
  • Chinese: Portoferraio
  • Chinese: 费拉约港
  • Czech: Portoferraio
  • Danish: Portoferraio
  • Dutch: Portoferraio
  • Egyptian Arabic: بورتوفيرايو
  • Esperanto: Portoferraio
  • Finnish: Portoferraio
  • French: Portoferraio
  • German: Portoferraio
  • Greek: Πορτοφερράιο
  • Hebrew: פורטופראיו
  • Hungarian: Portoferraio
  • Interlingua: Portoferraio
  • Irish: Portoferraio
  • Italian: Comune di Portoferraio
  • Italian: Portoferraio
  • Japanese: ポルトフェッラーイオ
  • Kazakh: Портоферрайо
  • Korean: 포르토페라이오
  • Kurdish: Portoferraio
  • Ladin: Portoferraio
  • Latin: Cosmopolis
  • Lithuanian: Portoferajas
  • Lombard: Portoferraio
  • Luxembourgish: Portoferraio
  • Malay: Portoferraio
  • Min Nan Chinese: Portoferraio
  • Neapolitan: Portoferraio
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Portoferraio
  • Norwegian: Portoferraio
  • Persian: پورتوفرایو
  • Piemontese: Portoferraio
  • Polish: Portoferraio
  • Portuguese: Portoferraio
  • Romanian: Portoferraio
  • Russian: Портоферрайо
  • Scots: Portoferraio
  • Serbian: Portoferraio
  • Serbian: Портоферајо
  • Serbo-Croatian: Portoferraio, Livorno
  • Serbo-Croatian: Portoferraio
  • Sicilian: Portufirraiu
  • Slovak: Portoferraio
  • Slovenian: Portoferraio
  • South Azerbaijani: پورتوفرایو
  • Spanish: Portoferraio
  • Swedish: Portoferraio
  • Tagalog: Portoferraio
  • Tatar: Портоферрайо
  • Turkish: Portoferraio
  • Ukrainian: Портоферрайо
  • Uzbek: Portoferraio
  • Venetian: Portoferraio
  • Vietnamese: Portoferraio
  • Volapük: Portoferraio
  • Waray (Philippines): Portoferraio
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