Casone
Appearance
Casone | |
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![]() The church of San Paolo della Croce | |
Coordinates: 42°39′3″N 11°46′12″E / 42.65083°N 11.77000°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | ![]() |
Province | Grosseto (GR) |
Comune | Pitigliano |
Elevation | 520 m (1,710 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 124 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 58017 |
Dialing code | (+39) 0564 |
Casone is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Pitigliano, province of Grosseto, in the tuff area of southern Maremma. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 130.[1]
Casone is about 80 km from Grosseto and 9 km from Pitigliano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Pitigliano to the province of Viterbo and Lazio.
Main sights
[edit]- San Paolo della Croce, main church of the village, it was entirely re-built in the early 20th century in a Romanesque Revival style
- Casone War Memorial, memorial stone in remembrance of the fallen of the two world wars
References
[edit]- ^ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Census 2001 Archived 2018-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Istat
Bibliography
[edit]- Aldo Mazzolai, Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura, Le Lettere, Florence, 1997
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