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Cities and towns in Tuscany

  • PortoferraioCosimo I de' Medici founded the town in 1548 under the name Cosmopoli. He ordered three forts built to protect the new settlement on Elba.
  • Civitella in Val di ChianaThe town of Civitella in Val di Chiana stands today as one of the best-preserved examples of a 6th-century Lombard fortress.