Forte Stella

Forte Stella is a castle in Monte Argentario, Grosseto, Tuscany. Forte Stella is situated nearby to the islet L’Isolotto, as well as near the village Giannella.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rocca aldobrandesca and L’Isolotto.

Rocca aldobrandesca

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Rocca aldobrandesca is situated 1¼ km northeast of Forte Stella.

L’Isolotto

Islet

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L’Isolotto is an islet.

Forte La Rocca Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Forte La Rocca Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located next to the tip of the promontory of the Argentario on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Forte La Rocca Lighthouse is situated 1¼ km northeast of Forte Stella.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porto Ercole and Orbetello.

Porto Ercole

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Porto Ercole is a city in the region of Tuscany. It is part of the town, Monte Argentario, in the province of Grosseto. Porto Santo Stefano is one of the two major towns that form Monte Argentario.

Orbetello

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Orbetello is a town and commune in the province of Grosseto, Italy. Orbetello is located in the centre of Maremma, representing a good starting point for many itineraries in Maremma.

Giannella is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Orbetello, province of Grosseto, in the Tuscan Maremma. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 160. Giannella is situated 6 km northwest of Forte Stella.

Forte Stella

Type: Castle
Description: fort in Porto Ercole, Monte Argentario, Italy
Categories: fort, museum, military museum building, historical park museum, museum of a public entity, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Monte Argentario, Grosseto, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

42.38484° or 42° 23′ 5″ north

Longitude

11.19878° or 11° 11′ 56″ east

Elevation

48 metres (157 feet)

Inception

1558

Open location code

8FJH95MX+WG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1391396751

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

GeoNames ID

10376797

Wikidata ID

Q3748639

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Forte Stella” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Forte Stella”
French: “Forte Étoile”
French: “forte Stella”
French: “Forte Stella”
German: “Fort Stern”
German: “Forte Stella”
Italian: “Forte Stella”
Portuguese: “Forte Estrela”
Spanish: “Fuerte Estrella”
Spanish: “fuerte Stella”
Turkish: “Stella Hisarı, Monte Argentario”

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