Marciana Marina is an Italian municipality of 1,953 inhabitants in the province of Livorno and is, by territorial extension, the smallest municipality in Tuscany. Marciana Marina is located on the Island of Elba and is washed by the Ligurian Sea. Every year it is home to the La Tore Isola d’Elba Literary Prize

At the entrance to the port, whose first stone was laid on 10 September 1911, is the ancient Torre degli Appiani, whose current forms can be attributed, based on stylistic and structural typologies, to the second half of the sixteenth century. The first nucleus of the town, called Marina di Marciana or Marciana Marittima, developed in the place called Il Cotone (a local term meaning “large boulder”, from the Latin accusative cotem)[4] near a natural harbour. Not far away there was a small marshy area, which was later reclaimed.[5] Subsequently there was further urban development which gave rise to the so-called Long Neighborhood. In the center, in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, the church of Santa Chiara, dating back to 1776, should also be noted. Historic buildings of notable interest are the Villa Anselmi and the Villa Leonardi (the latter with a triple veranda on Tuscan order columns), dated to the 19th century. During the 18th century, due to its port and commercial importance, Marciana Marina was called Little Marseille.

From the provincial road that connects Marciana Marina to the hamlet of Procchio, the islet called La Paolina is visible. Named after Paolina Bonaparte following the post-war tourist expansion (originally the town was called Castiglioncello), it houses ruins of a Roman construction dating back to a period between the 1st century BC. and the 1st century AD. and perhaps belonging to an ancient commercial emporium. Examples of modern post-World War II architecture are Villa Spinelli (Crocetta), Villa Albertini, Villa Del Balzo and Villa Vannini-Parenti (Bagno).

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