Editing Giannutri (section)

==History==
Giannutri was mentioned by [[Pliny the Elder]] in his [[Natural History (Pliny)|Naturalis Historiae]] and by the Latin geographer Pomponio Mela in his "de Chorographia". The island was inhabited by Romans of which are the vestiges of a magnificent [[Roman villa]] reopened on 2 July 2015.<ref>[http://www.islepark.gov.it/il-parco-informa/news/si-inaugura-l-apertura-della-villa-romana-a-giannutri Apertura Villa Romana a Giannutri] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808154421/http://www.islepark.gov.it/il-parco-informa/news/si-inaugura-l-apertura-della-villa-romana-a-giannutri |date=2015-08-08 }} Parco nazionale Arcipelago Toscano.</ref>
Giannutri was abandoned for mysterious reasons from the 3rd century until 805 when [[Charlemagne]] donated to the [[Tre Fontane Abbey]] some lands, including the island which returned to be inhabited by [[Cenobitic monasticism|cenobitic monks]] and some [[hermit]]s.

In the following centuries the Island was assigned by [[emphyteusis]] to the [[Aldobrandeschi family]]  of [[Sovana]] in 1269, to the [[Orsini family#Pitigliano line|Orsini of Pitigliano]] on June 15, 1410 and to [[Siena]] on August 12, 1452 by [[Pope Nicholas V]] award.<ref name="Repetti on-line">{{Cite web |url=http://193.205.4.99/repetti/ |title=Repetti on-line |access-date=2015-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001135948/http://193.205.4.99/repetti/ |archive-date=2015-10-01 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
The island changed several times of rule: Spanish, French and German and for sometimes became refuge of [[Pirate|pirates]] and [[Saracen]]s until the [[Treaty of Lunéville]] which assigned Giannutri to the [[Kingdom of Etruria]] in 1801, afterward to the [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]] till the [[Italian unification]] in 1861.

In 1806 a small military garrison was sent on the island.<ref name="Repetti on-line"/> On 10 May 1809, a landing party from {{HMS|Seahorse|1794|6}} and [[French brig Alcyon (1802)|HMS ''Halcyon'']] landed on the [[Pianosa]] and Giannutri. The landing party destroyed the enemy forts and captured about 100 prisoners during four hours of fighting. British losses were one marine killed and one wounded.<ref>''Naval Chronicle'', Vol. 22, p. 255.</ref>

The Minister of Finances [[Quintino Sella]], with a [[Royal decree]], donated the island to the Comune of Giglio in 1865 in order to settle a farm.

In 1908 the Comune sold the island to the family Ruffo della Scaletta which remained the owner until the death of the Prince Rufo. In the 1960s and 1970s the [[real estate investing]]  transformed radically the  island; in a few years a holiday resort at ''Cala Spalmatoio'' and many houses scattered through the island were built. The Società Porto Romano declared [[bankruptcy]] and the numerous owners of the houses were obliged to form a society, called ''Libero Consorzio Giannutri'', in order to administer the island.<ref name=webspace/>