Forte Stella
Forte Stella is a fort in Portoferraio, Livorno, Tuscany. Forte Stella is situated nearby to Portoferraio Lighthouse, as well as near Misericordia museum.Photo: Meho29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portoferraio Lighthouse and Museo napoleonico Palazzina dei Mulini.
Portoferraio Lighthouse
Photo: Meho29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portoferraio lighthouse, 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, Elba.
Museo napoleonico Palazzina dei Mulini
Heritage site
Museo napoleonico Palazzina dei Mulini is a heritage site, which is situated 140 metres northwest of Forte Stella.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Giovanni and Bagnaia.
San Giovanni
Village
San Giovanni is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Portoferraio, province of Livorno. At the time of the 2011 census its population was 695. San Giovanni is situated 2½ km south of Forte Stella.
Bagnaia
Village
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Bagnaia is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comuni of Portoferraio and Rio, province of Livorno. At the time of the 2011 census its population was 261. Bagnaia is situated 2½ km east of Forte Stella.
Magazzini
Hamlet
Magazzini is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Portoferraio, province of Livorno. At the time of the 2011 census its population was 176. Magazzini is situated 3 km southeast of Forte Stella.
Forte Stella
- Type: Fort
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Portoferraio, Livorno, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
42.8159° or 42° 48′ 57″ northLongitude
10.33355° or 10° 20′ 1″ eastElevation
32 metres (105 feet)Open location code
8FJGR88M+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 577581193OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Forte Stella” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Forte Stella”
- French: “fort Stella”
- French: “Fort Stella”
- German: “Forte Stella (Portoferraio)”
- Italian: “Forte Stella”
- Turkish: “Stella Hisarı, Portoferraio”
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