Elephant locations in Italy

97 locations has kept elephants in Italy

There is presently 34 (5,29) living elephants in locations in Italy in this database

Italy
Region:	Italy is in this database included in europe
Location holdings:	97 locations has kept 115 elephants in Italy (Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
Elephants in locations	34 (5,29) living 81 (14,60) dead

The first elephants arriving in Italy during post-roman time was two elephants en route to Germany; Charlemagnes elephant Abul-Abbas, arriving in Aachen in 802. The second elephant is refered to as The Cremona elephant arriving in 1229. Both those elephants were walked through Italy on their way to their end destination.

One of the first post-roman elephants residing in Italy was Hanno (Annone) a gift to Pope Leo X from Emanuel I, King of Portugal in 1515.

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan, Facts about elephants in Italy. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2024) available online retrieved 2024-11-01 at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Italy.
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News about elephants in Italy (From the sister site Elephant News)

Name	Elephant collection				Place
Campo del Gallo (excavation site) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Vitebo
Abruzzo Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Rocca San Giovanni (map) Province of Chieti Abruzzo
American Circus (circus) Kept totally 33 elephants	, 4 present (0,4)	0 births	15 relocated	14 deaths	Verona (map)
Archaeological Museum of Syracuse (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Syracuse
Bellini Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Catania Sicily
Brescia Maxi Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Brescia Lombardy
Brindisi railway station (railway station) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Brindisi Apulia
Bussolengo Safari Park (Garda Zoological Park) (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	1 deaths	Bussolengo (map)
Caroli Troupe (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Circo Rony Roller (circus) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Salerno
Circo Royal (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Circo Wegliams (Circo Jumbo, Formisano) (circus) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Ercolano
Circorama (circus) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths
Circorama (Liana Orfei) (circus) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths
Circus Bernardo Medini (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Circus Bisini (circus) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths
Circus Cesare Togni (circus) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	3 relocated	3 deaths
Circus Cristiani (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Circus Darix Togni (circus) Kept totally 10 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	5 relocated	5 deaths
Circus Embell Riva (Bellucci) (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Circus Errani (circus) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	3 relocated	0 deaths	Recanati
Circus Ferdinando Togni (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Circus Gerardi (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Circus Heros (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Circus Il Florilegio (circus) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths
Circus Lidia Togni (circus) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	5 relocated	1 deaths
Circus Medrano-Casartelli (circus) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Vecchia (map)
Circus Moira Orfei (circus) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths
Circus Nando Orfei (circus) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths
Circus Orfei (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Circus Oscar Togni (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Circus Paride Orfei (circus) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Peschiera Borromeo
Circus Rinaldo Orfei (circus) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	1 deaths
Circus Rolando Orfei (Hanmar Circus, Coda Prin) (circus) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths
Circus Togni (circus) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths
Circus Torinese (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Circus Torinese (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Circus Zoppe (Circo Zoppe) (circus) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths
Corrado Togni (private) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Emperor Claudius of Rome (private) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Fasano Zoosafari (zoo) Kept totally 17 elephants	, 11 present (3,8)	0 births	2 relocated	4 deaths	Fasano, Brindisi, Apulia
Ferdinand II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (private) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Fifth Legion Alaudae (organization) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Fiumicino Safari Park (zoo) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Fiumicino Rome
Frederick II of Holy German empire (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths
Genoa railway station (railway station) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths
Geological Museum G. G. Gemmellaro (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Palermo (map)
Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Genova (map)
Grotte Santo Stefano (excavation site) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Viterbo (map) Province of Viterbo Lazio region
Italy unspecified circus (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
King Charles Felix of Sardinia (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Turin
King Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy and Italy (private) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	4 relocated	0 deaths
La Specola Museum of Zoology and Natural History (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Florence (map)
Mark Shand (1951-2014) (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Rome
Massimo Circo Togni (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Migoletti (dealer) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Migolettis caravan (dealer) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Milan Natural History Museum (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Milano (map)
Milan Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	1 deaths	MilanLombardy northern Italy
Miramare royal menagerie (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Trieste (map)
Molinar Co (dealer) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	6 relocated	0 deaths	Turin (map)
Monza Park (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	(map)
Museo Civico di Zoologia (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Roma (map)
Muzeul Național de Istorie Naturală Grigore Antipa (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Naples Capodichino International Airport (airport) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	4 relocated	0 deaths	Naples Campania
Naples Fuorigrotta Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 17 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	0 births	8 relocated	7 deaths	Napoli (map)
Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Calci PI (map)
Natural History Museum Rome (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Roma (map) Lazio region
Nicolay Circo Montecarlo (circus) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths
Ostia Port of Rome (seaport) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Roma (map)
Padua Museum of Zoology (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Padova (map) Veneto
Palazzo Venezia (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	(map)
Parco Faunistico Le Cornelle (zoo) Kept totally 10 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	0 births	6 relocated	2 deaths	Valbrembo
Pavia Natural History Museum (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Pavia (map)
Pistoia Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Pistoia (map)
Pombia Safari Park Lago Maggiore (zoo) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 3 present (2,1)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Pombia (map) Piedmont
Pope Leo X (Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici) (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Rome (map)
Port of Genoa (seaport) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	3 relocated	0 deaths	Genova (map)
Port of Trieste (seaport) Kept totally 11 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	11 relocated	0 deaths	Trieste (map) Province of Trieste Friuli Venezia Giulia
Porto Venere (seaport) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Genoa La Spezia Liguria
Puntali cave (excavation site) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Carini (map)
Rome Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 26 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	4 births	4 relocated	20 deaths	Rome (map)
Rossis Musical Elephants (private) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	4 relocated	0 deaths
Royal Palace of Portici (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths
Safari Park Maida (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Maida Calabria
Safari Ravenna (zoo) Kept totally 7 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	0 births	4 relocated	1 deaths	Ravenna, Località Mirabilandia (RA) (map) Emilia-Romagna
Sapienza Museum of Paleontology (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Roma (map)
Sicily unspecified forest (wild) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	3 births	1 relocated	2 deaths	Sicily
Stupinigi Menagerie (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Turin (map)
Trieste Civic Museum of Natural History (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Trieste (map)
Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Turin (map) Piemonte
Turin Royal Zoological Garden (zoo) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	4 relocated	1 deaths	Turin
Turin Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	5 relocated	1 deaths	Turin
Universal Circus (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Verona Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Verona
Visconti Castle (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Pavia (map)
Zoological Museum of Naples (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Naples Campania south Italy

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