Cisternone

Cisternoni of Livorno

Useful Information

photography — Cisternone, Italy. Public Domain.

Location:	P.za del Cisternone, 57125 Livorno LI. (43.552692, 10.319513)
Open:
Fee:
Classification:	Cistern
Light:	Incandescent Electric Light System
Dimension:
Guided tours:	self guided
Photography:	allowed
Accessibility:	no
Bibliography:
Address:	Cisternone, P.za del Cisternone, 57125 Livorno LI, Tel: +39-0586-820111.
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History

1829	beginning of construction.
1848	construction completed.

Description

The Cisternoni of Livorno are three large cisterns built in the neoclassical style at Livorno, in Tuscany, Italy. They were built between 1829 and 1848 as part of a complex of purification plants and reservoirs to the Leopoldino aqueduct. A fourth cisternone was planned at Castellaccia but was never built. Cisternone (Great Cistern) located at the Piazza del Cisternone in Livorno. Emperor Augustus decided in the first years of his empire, to move the Tyrrhenian Roman fleet from Sinus Formianus to the Miseno.