On April 6, 1814, Napoleon was forced to abdicate power and went into exile on the island of Elba in the Mediterranean sea off of Italy. By Richard Moore. It sits beside the old lighthouse overlooking the harbor. Elba and Napoleon: an unlikely history The island of Elba , the largest in the Tuscan Archipelago, is a 260km drive and 15km ferry ride north of Rome . Today Napoleon is widely considered one of the greatest military generals in history. Toutes les chambres sont climatisées et disposent d'une salle de bains privative avec une baignoire ou une douche. Napoleon I, also called Napoléon Bonaparte, was a French military general and statesman. How did Napoleon leave Elba? In July and August, the population density and traffic becomes so thick with vacationing Romans that one can push their car across the capital, Portoferraio , at about the same pace as driving it. Elba ‘I conclude my work with the year 1815, because everything which came after that belongs to ordinary history.’ Metternich, Memoirs ‘True heroism consists of being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge to the combat.’ Napoleon on board HMS Northumberland, 1815 Napoleon escaped from Elba on February 26, 1815, and headed for Paris to overthrow Louis XVIII and regain control of his reduced army. Elba. After his return to Paris for the Hundred Days, Napoleon gave the villa to the city of Portoferraio as a museum. He was sent into exile on Elba, a small Mediterranean island located 260 km (160 miles) south of France and 10 km (6 miles) west of the Italian coastline. The Fontainebleau treaty granted him ownership and sovereignty of the […] By 1807, Napoleon controlled an empire that stretched from the River Elbe in the north, down through Italy in the south, and from the Pyrenees to the Dalmatian coast. Napoleon was finally overcome by the overwhelming size of the Allied armies. In July and August, the population density and traffic becomes so thick with vacationing Romans that one can push their car across the capital, Portoferraio , at about the same pace as driving it. Le Allegroitalia Elba Napoleon est une villa du XVIIIe siècle entourée de verdure, située sur l'île d'Elbe et surplombant Portoferraio, où Napoléon fut exilé. Elba and Napoleon: an unlikely history The island of Elba , the largest in the Tuscan Archipelago, is a 260km drive and 15km ferry ride north of Rome . Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled by the Allied governments to Elba following his abdication at Fontainebleau and landed on the island on 4 May 1814.. L'hôtel comprend une plage privée et 2 piscines. In April 1814, with a European coalition occupying Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte was forced to abdicate the French throne. The Bourbon’s perception of his divine and familial right to be sovereign of France provided the fuel for his long campaign. The windmills have long gone, but the villa remains as a testament to its most famous occupant, or rather prisoner, Napoleon.