What is Piombino?
{{Infobox Italian comune | image_shield = Piombino-Stemma.svg | official_name = Comune di Piombino | region = [[Toscana]] | province = [[Province of Livorno|Livorno]] (LI) | elevation_m = 21 | area_total_km2 = 129 | population_as_of = 31 December 2004 | population_total = 34369 | coordinates = {{coord|42|55||N|10|32||E|display=inline,title}} | frazioni = [[Populonia]], Baratti, Riotorto | area_code = 0565 | name=Piombino | postal_code = 57025 | population_demonym = Piombinesi | saint = [[Saint Anastasia]] | day = May 8 | mayor = Gianni Anselmi (since June 2004) | website = [http://www.comune.piombino.li.it www.comune.piombino.li.it] |}} '''Piombino''' is a town and commune in the [[province of Livorno]] ([[Tuscany]]), [[Italy]], on the border between the [[Ligurian Sea]] and the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]], in front of [[Elba]] Island and at the northern side of [[Maremma]]. [[File:Piombino1.jpg|thumb|220px|left|The lighthouse, the ''Marina'' port and the Old Hospital of Piombino]] It has an ancient historical centre, derived from the time in which it was the [[Etruscans]]' port, near the area of [[Populonia]]. In the [[Middle Ages]], it was an important port of [[Pisa]]'s Republic. Still today Piombino is one of biggest port in Italy, and is one of the most used port for to go in the [[Elba]] Island, (with the port of [[Livorno]]). Piombino outside the down town has a very big industrial area. == Important places and monuments == * Cathedral of ''Sant'Antimo'' (c. 1377), built by the [[Augustinians]] and originally dedicated to St. Michael. * The ''Rivellino'' (Walls Tower-Gate), the most ancient monument in the city (1212). * The ''Chiesa della Misericordia'' (early 13th century). Inside this church there is a rare 15th century [[crucifix]]. * The ''Cassero Pisano'' a [[castel]], built under [[Cosimo I de' Medici]] the castel was used as military jail until 1959. * The ''Palaz