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- Italian:
- Isola Di Montecristo
- Latin:
- Oglasa
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Montecristo Island
The northern side of Montecristo Island, Italy.
Montecristo Island
island, Italy
Also known as: Isola di Montecristo, Oglasa
Montecristo Island, member of the Arcipelago Toscano, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, between the Italian mainland and Corsica, south of the island of Elba. Part of Livorno province, the islet is mountainous, rising to 2,116 ft (645 m), with an area of 6 sq mi (16 sq km). It is a hunting preserve owned by the state and contains the ruins of a 13th-century monastery that was abandoned in 1553 after having been destroyed by pirates. The island was made famous by the novel The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) by Alexandre Dumas père.
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