Capoliveri: Lacona Beach
Lacona Beach occupies a broad sandy bay on Elba’s southern coast in Tuscany. Set on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it forms part of the Golfo di Lacona, between low, scrub-covered headlands. Its long, gently shelving strand is notable on an island whose shores are more often rocky and indented; behind it lies one of Elba’s remaining coastal dune environments, with Mediterranean vegetation. Lacona belongs to the municipality of Capoliveri, an old hill town on Elba’s southeast, where the island’s iron-mining past remains central to local identity. Elba also holds a lasting place in European history as Napoleon Bonaparte’s place of exile in 1814–15. The beach and bay provide an open, low-lying contrast to the island’s rugged interior.
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Capoliveri lies along the Tyrrhenian coast on southeastern Elba, where the slopes of the Monte Calamita promontory descend toward small coves and the open sea. Its compact historic centre is set on a hill rather than directly on the shore, with lanes and piazzas reflecting the settlement’s long island life. Iron-ore mining shaped this part of Elba for centuries, and the former mines of Monte Calamita remain a defining part of the local story. Beaches including Naregno and Barabarca give the town access to contrasting stretches of coast, while the wider island belongs to Tuscany’s Tuscan Archipelago. Browse other webcams across Elba and Tuscany to place Capoliveri in a wider geographic context.
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