Sasso d'Ombrone
Frazione
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Sasso d'Ombrone is located in Italy
Sasso d'Ombrone
Sasso d'Ombrone
Location of Sasso d'Ombrone in Italy
Coordinates: 42°55′56″N 11°19′29″E / 42.93222°N 11.32472°E / 42.93222; 11.32472
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
ProvinceGrosseto (GR)
ComuneCinigiano
Elevation
160 m (520 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total314
DemonymSassaioli
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
58044
Dialing code(+39) 0564

Sasso d'Ombrone is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Cinigiano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 300.[1]

Sasso d'Ombrone is about 33 km from Grosseto and 8 km from Cinigiano, and it is situated along the road which links Cinigiano to the Cipressino Provincial Road at Paganico, on a hill in the valley of Ombrone.

History

Formerly known as Sasso di Maremma, the village was born in the 13th century as a castle of the Aldobrandeschi. It was then held by the Ardengheschi and conquered by the Republic of Siena in the 15th century.[2]

Main sights

  • Church of San Michele Arcangelo (13th century), main parish church of the village, it was re-built in the 16th century and then in the early 19th century.[3]
  • Sanctuary of Madonna del Soccorso (16th century), it was entirely re-built in 1872.[3]
  • Castle of Sasso (13th century), it's now in ruins.[3]

References

  1. ↑ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Census 2001, Istat
  2. ↑ (in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «Sasso d'Ombrone», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833-1846.
  3. 1 2 3 Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 178-179.

Bibliography

  • (in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «Sasso d'Ombrone», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833–1846.
  • Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 178-179.
  • Aldo Mazzolai, Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura, Florence, Le Lettere, 1997.
  • Giuseppe Guerrini, Torri e castelli della provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1999.

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