Elephant locations in Italy

98 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: 98 locations has kept 115 elephants in Italy

(Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
Elephants in locations34 (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 2024-12-11 at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Italy.
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NameElephant collectionPlace
Campo del Gallo
(excavation site) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated1 deathsVitebo
Abruzzo Zoo
(zoo) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsRocca San Giovanni
(map) Province of Chieti Abruzzo
American Circus
(circus) Kept totally 33 elephants
, 4 present (0,4) 0 births15 relocated14 deathsVerona
(map)
Archaeological Museum of Syracuse
(museum) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsSyracuse
Bellini Zoo
(zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated1 deathsCatania Sicily
Brescia Maxi Zoo
(zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated1 deathsBrescia Lombardy
Brindisi railway station
(railway station) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsBrindisi Apulia
Bussolengo Safari Park (Garda Zoological Park)
(zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births1 relocated1 deathsBussolengo
(map)
Caroli Troupe
(circus) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Circo Rony Roller
(circus) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated1 deathsSalerno
Circo Royal
(circus) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Circo Wegliams (Circo Jumbo, Formisano)
(circus) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated1 deathsErcolano
Circorama
(circus) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births1 relocated0 deaths
Circorama (Liana Orfei)
(circus) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births1 relocated0 deaths
Circus Bernardo Medini
(circus) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Circus Bisini
(circus) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births1 relocated0 deaths
Circus Cesare Togni
(circus) Kept totally 6 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births3 relocated3 deaths
Circus Cristiani
(circus) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Circus Darix Togni
(circus) Kept totally 10 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births5 relocated5 deaths
Circus Embell Riva (Bellucci)
(circus) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Circus Errani
(circus) Kept totally 3 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births3 relocated0 deathsRecanati
Circus Ferdinando Togni
(circus) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Circus Gerardi
(circus) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Circus Guillaume
(circus) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsBrescia
Circus Heros
(circus) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Circus Il Florilegio
(circus) Kept totally 4 elephants
, 2 present (0,2) 0 births2 relocated0 deaths
Circus Lidia Togni
(circus) Kept totally 6 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births5 relocated1 deaths
Circus Medrano-Casartelli
(circus) Kept totally 4 elephants
, 2 present (0,2) 0 births2 relocated0 deathsVecchia
(map)
Circus Moira Orfei
(circus) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated1 deaths
Circus Nando Orfei
(circus) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births1 relocated0 deaths
Circus Orfei
(circus) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Circus Oscar Togni
(circus) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Circus Paride Orfei
(circus) Kept totally 2 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births2 relocated0 deathsPeschiera Borromeo
Circus Rinaldo Orfei
(circus) Kept totally 2 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births1 relocated1 deaths
Circus Rolando Orfei (Hanmar Circus, Coda Prin)
(circus) Kept totally 2 elephants
, 1 present (0,1) 0 births0 relocated1 deaths
Circus Togni
(circus) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated1 deaths
Circus Torinese
(circus) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Circus Torinese
(circus) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Circus Zoppe (Circo Zoppe)
(circus) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated1 deaths
Corrado Togni
(private) Kept totally 2 elephants
, 2 present (0,2) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Emperor Claudius of Rome
(private) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Fasano Zoosafari
(zoo) Kept totally 17 elephants
, 11 present (3,8) 0 births2 relocated4 deathsFasano, Brindisi, Apulia
Ferdinand II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
(private) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Fifth Legion Alaudae
(organization) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Fiumicino Safari Park
(zoo) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsFiumicino Rome
Frederick II of Holy German empire
(private) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated1 deaths
Genoa railway station
(railway station) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births1 relocated0 deaths
Geological Museum G. G. Gemmellaro
(museum) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsPalermo
(map)
Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum
(museum) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsGenova
(map)
Grotte Santo Stefano
(excavation site) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated1 deathsViterbo
(map) Province of Viterbo Lazio region
Italy unspecified circus
(circus) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
King Charles Felix of Sardinia
(private) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births1 relocated0 deathsTurin
King Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy and Italy
(private) Kept totally 4 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births4 relocated0 deaths
La Specola Museum of Zoology and Natural History
(museum) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsFlorence
(map)
Mark Shand (1951-2014)
(private) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births1 relocated0 deathsRome
Massimo Circo Togni
(circus) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Migoletti
(dealer) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Migolettis caravan
(dealer) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Milan Natural History Museum
(museum) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsMilano
(map)
Milan Zoo
(zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births1 relocated1 deathsMilanLombardy northern Italy
Miramare royal menagerie
(zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births1 relocated0 deathsTrieste
(map)
Molinar Co
(dealer) Kept totally 6 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births6 relocated0 deathsTurin
(map)
Monza Park
(zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births1 relocated0 deaths
(map)
Museo Civico di Zoologia
(museum) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsRoma
(map)
Muzeul Național de Istorie Naturală Grigore Antipa
(museum) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Naples Capodichino International Airport
(airport) Kept totally 4 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births4 relocated0 deathsNaples Campania
Naples Fuorigrotta Zoo
(zoo) Kept totally 17 elephants
, 2 present (0,2) 0 births8 relocated7 deathsNapoli
(map)
Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa
(museum) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsCalci PI
(map)
Natural History Museum Rome
(museum) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsRoma
(map) Lazio region
Nicolay Circo Montecarlo
(circus) Kept totally 2 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births2 relocated0 deaths
Ostia Port of Rome
(seaport) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births1 relocated0 deathsRoma
(map)
Padua Museum of Zoology
(museum) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsPadova
(map) Veneto
Palazzo Venezia
(private) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated1 deaths
(map)
Parco Faunistico Le Cornelle
(zoo) Kept totally 10 elephants
, 2 present (0,2) 0 births6 relocated2 deathsValbrembo
Pavia Natural History Museum
(museum) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsPavia
(map)
Pistoia Zoo
(zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants
, 1 present (0,1) 0 births0 relocated1 deathsPistoia
(map)
Pombia Safari Park Lago Maggiore
(zoo) Kept totally 3 elephants
, 3 present (2,1) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsPombia
(map) Piedmont
Pope Leo X (Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici)
(private) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated1 deathsRome
(map)
Port of Genoa
(seaport) Kept totally 3 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births3 relocated0 deathsGenova
(map)
Port of Trieste
(seaport) Kept totally 11 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births11 relocated0 deathsTrieste
(map) Province of Trieste Friuli Venezia Giulia
Porto Venere
(seaport) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births1 relocated0 deathsGenoa La Spezia Liguria
Puntali cave
(excavation site) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated1 deathsCarini
(map)
Rome Zoo
(zoo) Kept totally 26 elephants
, 2 present (0,2) 4 births4 relocated20 deathsRome
(map)
Rossis Musical Elephants
(private) Kept totally 4 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births4 relocated0 deaths
Royal Palace of Portici
(private) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated1 deaths
Safari Park Maida
(zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births1 relocated0 deathsMaida Calabria
Safari Ravenna
(zoo) Kept totally 7 elephants
, 2 present (0,2) 0 births4 relocated1 deathsRavenna, Località Mirabilandia (RA)
(map) Emilia-Romagna
Sapienza Museum of Paleontology
(museum) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsRoma
(map)
Sicily unspecified forest
(wild) Kept totally 3 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 3 births1 relocated2 deaths Sicily
Stupinigi Menagerie
(zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated1 deathsTurin
(map)
Trieste Civic Museum of Natural History
(museum) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsTrieste
(map)
Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science
(museum) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsTurin
(map) Piemonte
Turin Royal Zoological Garden
(zoo) Kept totally 5 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births4 relocated1 deathsTurin
Turin Zoo
(zoo) Kept totally 6 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births5 relocated1 deathsTurin
Universal Circus
(circus) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deaths
Verona Zoo
(zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births1 relocated0 deathsVerona
Visconti Castle
(museum) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsPavia
(map)
Zoological Museum of Naples
(museum) Kept totally 0 elephants
, 0 present (0,0) 0 births0 relocated0 deathsNaples Campania south Italy