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Elba, island off the west coast of Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Elba has an area of 86 square miles (223 square km) and is the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago . It is famous as Napoleon’s place of exile in 1814–15.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Early history. The island was originally inhabited by Ligures Ilvates and was called Ilva (Ἰλούα). It was well known from very ancient times for its iron resources and valued mines.
Contemporary history in Elba From the Congress of Vienna to the boom in tourism: the history of Elba via the Unification of Italy and the two World Wars.
AETHALIA (flame), was the famous name by which Elba was known in the ancient world: the Greeks in the 5th century BC called it so for the flames that rose from the ovens in which the iron was cooked.
Mar 2, 2021 · Brief History. Napoleon's Residence, Elba, Italy. Elba Island was first inhabited by the Ilvati tribes of Liguria, who named it Ilva. The island was known from ancient times for its rich deposits of iron, and the Greeks referred to it as Aethalia, which refers to the fume of metal-producing furnaces.
- Diptarka Ghosh
Elba is rich in testimonies to its tormented past: archaeological sites, military structures, the Napoleonic residences and the numerous findings of ships which transported wine form Elba across the sea to the major cities in the Mediterranean.
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The first time a man walked along the Tuscan coast was about 700,000 years ago. In the islands the first signs of human presence date back to the Paleolithic. During the Neolithic the Archipelago, which had the same configuration as today, was characterized by significant human settlements.
