Marciana is an ancient hilltop village (376 meters above sea level) on the slopes of Mount Capanne (1,019 m). From Marciana part for the most beautiful hikes in the mountains of Elba, advancing to dilapidated chestnut and stone with an eye to the path and another below the sea which gradually becomes more and more immense halls.
The small village is stretched in the shape of a triangle of land where the slope of the lower part consists of an imposing fortress-church that is attached to the gateway to the country. The main street consists of a long staircase of granite (the Mountain Capanne is entirely of granite!) Interrupted by a few squares and terminating in the upper part of the country from a fortress of the fifteenth century. Meanwhile, the main artery branches into narrow side streets, all well kept and clean, softened with potted hydrangeas and other plants with flowers that color the severe medieval appearance of the country.
Of note a small local museum where you can admire the remains of ancient civilizations that have frequented the island of Elba in times that are lost in the age of myth. Beautiful rinaldoniani conical vessels, a population of Anatolia from the Eneolithic qaule, more than 4,000 years ago, we settled on our island. Even more ancient are the remains of Mousterian hunters who crossed the channel of Piombino during the last glaciation.
In the country, between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, after a "coup" in the Republic of Pisa, has belonged to the lords of Piombino Appiani, there are the remains of the tick rule and the residence, imagine summer, the princely family.
The majestic mountain dominates the small town and although debased in its solemnity from the antennas of repeaters (useful but bulky on top!), For those who do not have the heart to attempt the ascent with his legs, he can always use a cable car active eight months a year.
What was once the largest town of Elba, after the unit was broken up into more common and now has 2,250 inhabitants in an area of ​​45 sq. km. Some other beautiful villages have remained within its jurisdiction, like Poggio, very close and similar in architecture and also the fact that it is not possible to enter by any means other than on foot, are dominated by silence.
Marciana head are also the small villages to the sea very well known and popular, Procchio, with its large golden sand beach, the small but lovely beach Spartaia; by Andrew surreal granite cliffs, and then in two southern villages that possess yet the atmosphere of ancient times: Chiessi and Pomonte.
Finally, for those who wish to walk just a couple of orette, do not miss the walk to the Sanctuary of Madonna del Monte with the hermitage of San Cerbone, a Christian hermit of the sixth century, besides being intensive mystical places are Also included in the breathtaking scenery.