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Capoliveri was
founded as an elevated and fortified place surrounded by large walls on the top of a hill
167 m high. Its profile is ship-shaped with its prow towards the sea. The town was also known during the Latin age as "Capitis Ilvae" "Caput Liberum" and "Caput Liseri" or "Liveri". These ancient denominations derived from the Dionysus-Bacchus cult. Legendary sources suggest a consecration to this divinity (more precisely to Libaro, another name for Bacchus) referring to the island wine production and to the shelter Capoliveri represented for the skilful farmers of this land. During the Latin Age Elba was already popular as "Insula inexhaustis Calibum metallis" and very famous for its high-quality wine production; so famous that Plinio wrote that Elba as "Insula vini ferax". |
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