sentences:  The Minister of Finances Quintino Sella, with a Royal decree, donated the island to the Comune of Giglio in 1865 in order to settle a farm.In 1908 the Comune sold the island to the family Ruffo della Scaletta which remained the owner until the death of the Prince Rufo.In the 1960s and 1970s the real estate investing transformed radically the island; in a few years an holiday resort at "Cala Spalmatoio" and many houses scattered through the island were built.