Churches and places of worship Country of Livorno

The most interesting sacred building in Piombino is certainly the Cathedral of Sant'Antimo. The fourteenth-century church, the current cathedral of Sant'Antimo, was built according to the forms of Sienese Gothic. The facade of the monument is made of red brick, of great interest is the beautiful cloister, the only example of architecture of the Principality.

The Cathedral, dedicated to St. Francis, dates back to the the sixteenth

The mausoleum was designed by architect Gino Coppedè as the family tomb of Tonietti 's, the first concessionaires for the exploitation of the iron mines of the island.

The Cathedral of Portoferraio is very characterized in the island of Elba. Dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, this building housed Napoleon, in whose honor in May of 1814 was celebrated a Mass to celebrate the investiture reigning of the island Elba.

Among the oldest buildings to visit in Portoferraio, there is the beautiful Church of Mercy. Founded by Giovanni de 'Medici as far back as 1566, it holds within it an object of high value as the pipe organ dating back to 1792. There are also sacred vessels and furniture belonging to ancient times, in perfect condition, like a bronze mask of Napoleon on his deathbed, and a mold of his hand, both in bronze. In 1852, every May 5 is celebrated a mass in his suffrage

The hills of Montenero is from the fourteenth century a place of pilgrimage. The present church was built in the eighteenth century, and inside are kept a significant number of ex-voto.

This is one of the largest in Europe. The original synagogue has been damaged in World War II, so much that it was decided to demolish the former and build a completely new one. This was completed in 1962.

The Shrine of Our Lady on the Mount of Marciana is the oldest of the island. Here is revered the portrait of Madonna Assunta, a painting on granite embedded in the wall whose origins are lost in an unspecified period of the fifteenth century. Consisting in three naves, the building was home to Napoleon and the polish countess Maria Walewska in the 1814.

Originally dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul and erected around the seventh century on the ruins of a pagan temple the church preserves the remains of frescoes of the fifteenth century.

Small church which contains numerous frescoes

The shrine of Our Lady of Montserrat is located close to Porto Azzurro, in the middle of a valley between Monte Castello and Cima del Monte. It was built in 1606 at the willing of the Spanish nobleman Longone: the Spanish influence echoes in the hints of Baroque decorations covering ceilings and walls.

Built in the XII century, the church is a sacred building in the Pisan Romanesque style.