Elba is an island in Tuscany, Italy, from the coastal town of Piombino. It is the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, and the third largest island in Italy after Sicily and Sardinia. Elba and the other islands of the Tuscan Archipelago are protected in the National Park of the Tuscan Archipelago. The French island of Corsica lies about to the west. In Italian it's called Isola d'Elba. History Originally inhabited by Ligures Ilvati who gave the ancient name Ilva, the island was well kno… (More on Elba)