Giglio Porto is a village in

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, central

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, administratively a

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of the

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Isola del Giglio Isola del Giglio (; en, Giglio Island, lat, Igilium) is an Italian island and comune in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the coast of Tuscany, and is part of the Province of Grosseto. The island is one of seven that form the Tuscan Archipelago, lyin ...

province of Grosseto The province of Grosseto ( it, links=no, provincia di Grosseto) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Grosseto. As of 2013 the province had a total population of 225,098 people. Geography The Province of Gro ...

. As of 2021, its population amounted to 750.

Geography

Giglio Porto is located on the eastern coastal side and hosts the main harbour of

Giglio Island Isola del Giglio (; en, Giglio Island, lat, Igilium) is an Italian island and comune in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the coast of Tuscany, and is part of the Province of Grosseto. The island is one of seven that form the Tuscan Archipelago, lying w ...

. It is an important

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and the most populous one among the three towns on the island – the other ones are Giglio Castello and Giglio Campese. Porto is divided into the quarters of ''Chiesa'', ''Moletto'' and ''Saraceno''.

Main sights

* ''Santi Lorenzo e Mamiliano'' (20th century), the main parish church of the village, it was consecrated in 1958 and designed by engineer

Ernesto Ganelli Ernesto Ganelli (24 February 1901 – 9 September 1985) was an Italian civil engineer who designed various public and religious buildings in Tuscany. Biography Born in Alessandria, Ganelli graduated in civil engineering at the Sapienza Universit ...

. * Tower of ''Saraceno'', built during the

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, it was restructured by

Cosimo I de' Medici Cosimo I de' Medici (12 June 1519 – 21 April 1574) was the second Duke of Florence from 1537 until 1569, when he became the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, a title he held until his death. Life Rise to power Cosimo was born in Florence on 12 ...

in the late 16th century. * Tower of ''Lazzaretto'', it was completed in 1624.

''Costa Concordia'' incident

In 2012, the village received prolonged international media attention, following the 13 January 2012 running aground of the cruise liner ''

Costa Concordia ''Costa Concordia'' () was a cruise ship operated by Costa Crociere. She was the first of her class, followed by sister ships ''Costa Serena'', '' Costa Pacifica'', ''Costa Favolosa'' and ''Costa Fascinosa'', and ''Carnival Splendor'' built for ...

'', just off the town's harbour. Most of the more than 4,200 passengers and crew were rescued and taken to the island, as well as to the mainland. 32 people died and 64 were injured. The ship removal work was started in 2013 and was completed towards the end of July 2014, with the now active ship making its final journey to Genoa, for scrapping."Summary of the presentation of removal project"
(''Giglio News'')

References

Bibliography

* Marco Lambertini, ''Isola del Giglio. Natura, storia, escursioni via terra e via mare'', Pisa, Pacini Editore, 1989.

Geography

Main sights

''Costa Concordia'' incident

References

Bibliography

See also