Monachesimo insulare tirrenico. Fonti documentarie e attestazioni materiali a montecristo e nelle altre isole dell'arcipelago toscano

The monastic settlements of the Tyrrhenian islands of the Tuscan archipelago have been a subject of interest since Late Antiquity. Based on a series of notes, author gives a review of the documentary sources, the material evidence and the landscapes of Gorgona, Capraia, Pianosa and Montecristo. A monographic analysis of the latter is performed. Island of Montecristo is today a low-human-impact biogenetic natural reserve. In particular, in the light of recent surveys conducted on the island, author analyses descriptions, unpublished drawings and measurements made in 1875 by Gaetano Chierici, a famous paleontologist.