3. PORTOFERRAIO THE MAIN TOWN IN ELBA
3. Sunday 28 May 2023
I have been noticing the blog has been a bit mixed up so will try to sort it out for the future. I do have one problem though; it
is that I cannot charge my laptop at sea as I need AC power. So I hope the blog will continue but in spurts!
Onto Porto Ferraio - Elba
Porto Ferraio is the main town of Elba and is where Napoleon's House stands when he was imprisoned by the British apparently with his own bodygaurd of 100 grenadiers and light infantry and 600 others including Polish lancers and a ship the brig "Inconstant". This was his principality while under house arrest by the British who left him to his own and only patrolled the Coast to ensure he remained. However he sneaked away on his brig back to France and to the Battle of Waterloo.
Napoleon's House is the Yellow House
Porto Ferraio is a magnificent town with two forts overlooking the harbour. Below one of the forts there are two strange buildings each with four very tall pillars or chimneys. These were apparently there to stop lightning striking the buildings as they were the factories for making gunpowder! I cannot understand why they were so close to the entrance of the main Fort.
ONE OF THE CHIMNEYS
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