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State of the Presidi

1557–1801 · 16th century · Also known as Stato dei Presidi

The State of the Presidi was a group of fortified coastal places in southern Tuscany, including Orbetello, Porto Ercole, Porto Santo Stefano and Talamone, kept by Spain when it granted Siena to Cosimo I de' Medici in 1557. Garrisoned to guard the sea route between Spain's Italian possessions, it passed to Austria and then to the Kingdom of Naples, and was annexed to the French-backed Kingdom of Etruria in 1801.

State of the Presidi
Image: Robert Wilkinson, London, 1800. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). State of the Presidi. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/state-of-the-presidi
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