In 1846, some Genoese made a similar effort, while in 1849 Frenchman Jacques Abrial was able to farm the island for three years. Also during 1843, there were other attempts of colonisation by French agriculturalist George Guiboud, which ended with yet another failure. In 1843, other people arrived with the intention of cultivating the island: young Tyrolean Adolph Franz ObermГјller, and after a few months, Frenchman Charles Legrand and his girlfriend.

The first attempts to colonise Monte Cristo, at the time owned by Charles Cambiagi, were made in 1840 by two German hermits, Augustin Eulhardt and Joseph Keim, who eventually abandoned the attempt. The island was annexed to the French Empire under Napoleon after his fall, it became the possession of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. In the second half of the sixteenth century, together with most of the Tuscan Archipelago, it became part of the Stato dei Presidi, a client Spanish state. In 1553, Ottoman pirate Dragut, heading for Elba, stormed the monastery, enslaved the monks, and decreed its end. The island was once a possession of the Republic of Pisa, but was later acquired by the Principality of Piombino. Thanks to the donations of several noble families, the monastery became powerful and rich, and this gave rise to the legend of treasure hidden on the island. In 1216, the monks joined the order of the Camaldolese. Mamiliano Cave where the saint had lived in the fifth century. Mamilian was founded as a result of donations to the Church, its wealth became legendary, and a chapel was built in the St. They christened the island Mons Christi ('Mountain of Christ'), from which the modern name is derived.ДЄt the beginning of the seventh century, Pope Gregory the Great submitted them to the monastic rule of the Benedictines.

ДЄround the middle of the fifth century AD, the caves of the island became home to several hermits escaping from the Vandals of Genseric, the most important of whom was St. During the imperial age, the Romans opened some quarries to extract granite, perhaps used in the construction of villas on the islands of Giglio, Elba, and Giannutri. The Romans, however, knew it under the name Mons Jovis ('Mount Jupiter'), and erected an altar to Iuppiter Optimus Maximus on the highest mountain, of which some traces remain. The Greeks gave Montecristo its oldest known name, Oglasa or Ocrasia, after the yellowish colour of the rocks. The Etruscans exploited the forests of oak needed to fuel the bloomeries of the mainland where the iron ore of Elba's mines was melted.

The history of the island begins with the Iron Age. Much of the island's fame is derived from the fact that it provides the setting for part of the novel The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas. The island is a state nature reserve and forms part of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park. The island has an area of 10.39В km 2 (4.01В sqВ mi), it is approximately 4.1В km (2.5В mi) wide at its widest point and is 3.4В km (2.1В mi) long the coasts are steep, and extend for 16В km (9.9В mi). Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Portoferraio in the province of Livorno, Italy. Montecristo, also Monte Cristo (, Italian: ) and formerly Oglasa (Ancient Greek: бЅЁОіО»О¬ПѓПѓО±, romanized: ЕЊglГЎssa), is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea and part of the Tuscan Archipelago.

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