Giglio Campese

Giglio Campese
Frazione
View of Giglio Campese
Giglio Campese Location of Giglio Campese in Italy
Coordinates: 42°22′04″N10°52′59″E / 42.36778°N 10.88306°E / 42.36778; 10.88306
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Grosseto (GR)
Comune	Isola del Giglio
Elevation	3 m (9.8 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	187
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	58010
Dialing code	(+39) 0564

Giglio Campese is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Isola del Giglio, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 154. ^[1]

Geography

Giglio Campese is located on the north-western coastal side of Giglio Island and it is about 5 km from the municipal seat of Giglio Castello. It is an important seaside resort and one of the three towns on the island – along with Giglio Castello and Giglio Porto. ^[2]

Main sights

• San Rocco (20th century), the main church of the village, it was built in 1993 and it is included in the parish of San Pietro Apostolo in Giglio Castello. ^[3]
• Tower of Campese, built as a coastal defense tower by Cosimo I de' Medici in the late 16th century, it was then transformed into a private house. ^[4]

See also

• Giannutri

References

1. (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001 Archived 2018-08-26 at the Wayback Machine , Istat.
2. "Giglio Campese". Tourist Association Pro Loco Isola del Giglio and Giannutri "G. Bancalà". Retrieved 19 November 2014.
3. (in Italian) Parish of Giglio Castello Archived 2014-11-09 at the Wayback Machine , Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello official site.
4. (in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «Giglio Campese Archived 2014-11-09 at the Wayback Machine », Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833-1846.

Further reading

• Marco Lambertini, Isola del Giglio. Natura, storia, escursioni via terra e via mare, Pisa, Pacini Editore, 1989.