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 (; ), or Giglio Island in English, is an Italian island and (municipality) 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, l ...

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. As of 2021, its population amounted to 750.

Geography

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

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Giglio Island Isola del Giglio (; ), or Giglio Island in English, is an Italian List of islands of Italy, island and (municipality) 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 ...

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

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, it was restructured by

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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'', 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