Casa Valdese di Rio Marina

About

The Waldensian House is in Rio Marina, an old mining town on the eastern shore of Elba Island. The edifice was built by the evangelical community on the island in the mid-1800s and was used as an elementary school until 1931. In the 1950s, it was transformed into a seaside summer lodge to host the children cared for by the Gould and the Ferretti institutes in Florence. Later, its functions were ex