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The Elba Room: who worked here and what they did
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The Elba Room: who worked here and what they did

The Elba Room, the heart of trade

The Elba Room is on the ground floor of the building: the room, that was home to the Inland Revenue Offices until a few years ago and that is now a conference room, was used as the Room for public payment in the eighteenth century, also known as the cashiers room, as can be seen in the etching Il Negoziante in Banco by A. Piemontesi (1793) (2, separate details provided), a print belonging to the Chamber and placed in the President’s Room.    

At the end of the eighteenth century, in fact, scribes, chamberlains, bailiffs and busboys worked here, who dealt with currency exchange and aided commercial negotiations: with a bit of imagination it is still possible to see them counting coins and bills of exchange. 

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  • The historical seat of the Livorno Chamber of Commerce
    Camera di Commercio
  • Il Palazzo della Dogana
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    • The Old Custom House
      Opera
    • The first official extraction of the lottery game
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  • The Elba room
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    • The Elba Room: who worked here and what they did
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      • Il negoziante in Banco
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    • The list of presidents
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  • Historical rooms
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    • The Board Room
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      • Sala della Consiglio:”Porticciolo di piazza Grande”
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    • The President's Room and its works
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      • Approfondisci l'opera: “Ferdinando II che presenta Pietro Tacca a Vittorio della Rovere”
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    • The historical council room and the portraits of famous Livorniano figures
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      • Approfondisci: il ritratto di Oscare Dalgas
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    • A glance at the other rooms
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  • The Library
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    • The Library “jewels”: The Livorno edition of the Encyclopedie of D’Alembert and Diderot
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    • The Library “jewels”: The Gazzettiere Americano of 1763
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    • Fun fact: the Livorno Chamber of Commerce institutional decree in 1801
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