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Populated coastal places in Italy

  • 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.
  • VeniceThe traditional founding of Venice is identified with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo on the islet of Rialto.