Pian di Rocca

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Pian di Rocca
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Pian di Rocca
Location of Pian di Rocca in Italy
Coordinates: 42°47′25″N10°49′24″E / 42.79028°N 10.82333°E / 42.79028; 10.82333 Coordinates: 42°47′25″N10°49′24″E / 42.79028°N 10.82333°E / 42.79028; 10.82333
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Region Flag of Tuscany.svg  Tuscany
Province Grosseto (GR)
Comune Castiglione della Pescaia
Elevation
13 m (43 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total203
Demonym(s) Piandirocchini
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
58043
Dialing code (+39) 0564

Pian di Rocca is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castiglione della Pescaia, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 68. [1]

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Pian di Rocca is about 25 km from Grosseto and 7 km from Castiglione della Pescaia, and it is situated in the plain of Val Berretta, between the hills of Poggio Ballone and Poggio Peroni.

The village is known for its typical product, the Carciofo di Pian di Rocca (artichoke of Pian di Rocca). [2]

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References

  1. (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001, Istat
  2. (in Italian) Artichoke of Pian di Rocca
  3. 1 2 Enrico Collura, Mario Innocenti, Stefano Innocenti, Comune di Castiglione della Pescaia: briciole di storia, Grosseto, Editrice Innocenti, 2002, pp. 148.
  4. Giuseppe Guerrini, La diocesi di Grosseto. Parrocchie, chiese e altri luoghi di culto, dalle origini ai nostri giorni, Roccastrada, 1996.
  5. Bruno Stea, Ivan Tenerini, Santa Petronilla e la sua chiesa-romitorio di Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto, Associazione Archeologica Maremmana, 2002.
  6. (in Italian) Necropolis of Val Berretta Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine , Parco degli Etruschi.

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