The Villa San Martino, Napoleon's house in the Isle of Elba, 1868. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. P. W. G. Canning, of Caledonia. 'The officers and men of our [ie British] Mediterranean squadron, when cruising last summer, had an opportunity of visiting Elba, which had not been visited by an English man-of-war for some years before, and of seeing Napoleon's residence whilst he was confined to that San Martino, the house where the Emperor lived after his first abdication - from May, 1814, to February, about three miles from the town of Porto Ferrajo, and is situate
The Villa San Martino, Napoleon's house in the Isle of Elba, 1868. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. P. W. G. Canning, of Caledonia. 'The officers and men of our [ie British] Mediterranean squadron, when cruising last summer, had an opportunity of visiting Elba, which had not been visited by an English man-of-war for some years before, and of seeing Napoleon's residence whilst he was confined to that San Martino, the house where the Emperor lived after his first abdication - from May, 1814, to February, about three miles from the town of Porto Ferrajo, and is situated at the head of a well-wooded and fertile valley, to which there is a good road leading from the town, with vineyards and fruit gardens on each side. On entering the avenue the visitor at once obtains a view of Napoleon's abode and of the museum erected in 1852 by Prince Demidoff, a Russian nobleman, who is the present owner of the estate. lower building, with the columns at the end of the avenue, is the museum; the Villa San Martino stands on a terrace above; the villa of Prince Demidoff is to the left. The museum is filled with paintings and sculptures, and relics appertaining to Napoleon's career'. From "Illustrated London News", 1868.
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