San Giovanni delle Contee
San Giovanni delle Contee | |
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San Giovanni delle Contee Location of San Giovanni delle Contee in Italy | |
Coordinates: 42°45′13″N 11°45′50″E / 42.75361°N 11.76389°ECoordinates: 42°45′13″N 11°45′50″E / 42.75361°N 11.76389°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Tuscany |
Province | Grosseto (GR) |
Comune | Sorano |
Elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 192 |
Demonym(s) | Sangiovannesi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 58010 |
Dialing code | (+39) 0564 |
San Giovanni delle Contee is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Sorano, province of Grosseto, in the tuff area of southern Maremma. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 224.[1]
San Giovanni delle Contee is about 90 km from Grosseto and 12 km from Sorano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Sorano to Castell'Azzara.
History[]
It was included — alongside Castell'Ottieri, Montorio and the castle of Sopano — in the small in the Middle Ages. The county was abolished in 1616.[2]
Main sights[]
- Santa Caterina delle Ruote (17th century), main church of the village, it was built as a pieve (pieve di San Giovanni) in the Middle Ages and entirely re-built in the 17th century.
- Casa Reale, one of the oldest buildings in the village, it was the seat of the in San Giovanni delle Contee.
References[]
- ^ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Census 2001, Istat
- ^ (in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «San Giovanni delle Contee», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833-1846.
Bibliography[]
- (in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «San Giovanni delle Contee», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833–1846.
- Aldo Mazzolai, Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura, Florence, Le Lettere, 1997.
See also[]
- Castell'Ottieri
- Cerreto, Sorano
- Elmo, Sorano
- Montebuono, Sorano
- Montevitozzo
- Montorio, Sorano
- San Quirico, Sorano
- San Valentino, Sorano
- Sovana
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