Napoleon raised funds for its construction by offering 65 boxes for sale, causing great antagonism between Elba’s leading families, since they all wanted to buy the most expensive boxes to make their social importance clear to the population at large!
A small masterpiece standing in the heart of Portoferraio has three tiers of 5111 boxes and is one of the many reminders of Napoleons short stay on Elba. Built in 1814 by using and converting a deconsecrated church once dedicated to the Madonna del Carmine, it was recently restored.
Napoleon raised funds for its construction by offering 65 boxes for sale, causing great antagonism between Elba’s leading families, since they all wanted to buy the most expensive boxes to make their social importance clear to the population at large! The curtain, painted by Vincenzo Antonio Revelli (who also painted the frescoes in Napoleon’s homes) has been preserved from Napoleonic times.
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