Poggio Capanne

Poggio Capanne
Capanne
Poggio Capanne Capanne
Frazione
	The main square with the church
	Poggio Capanne Location of Poggio Capanne in Italy
	Coordinates: 42°41′2″N11°32′35″E / 42.68389°N 11.54306°E Coordinates: 42°41′2″N11°32′35″E / 42.68389°N 11.54306°E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Grosseto (GR)
Comune	Manciano
Elevation	373 m (1,224 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	69
Demonym(s)	Capannaioli
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	58050

Last updated January 06, 2022

Poggio Capanne is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Manciano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 101.^[1]

Geography

Poggio Capanne is about 60 km from Grosseto and 18 km from Manciano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Montemerano to Sovana, at the top of a small hill ("poggio") in the valley of Albegna.^[2]

History

The village, formerly known as Capanne di Saturnia and then just as Capanne, was born in the 15th century as a rural hamlet of shepherds and farmers dependent on the town of Saturnia.^[3]

Main sights

Church of Visitazione di Maria (16th century), main parish church of the village, it was built in 1570.^[3]^[4]^[5]
Casa Luciani, one of the oldest buildings in the village, it was built in 1500, as indicated on the facade. It hosted also the canonica.^[3]^[5]
Old prison of Saturnia (16th century), it is situated next to the church in the main square of the village.^[3]

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References

↑ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001, Istat.
↑ (in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «Poggio Capanne Archived 2014-06-06 at the Wayback Machine », Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833-1846.
1 2 3 4 (in Italian) Capanne, Manciano official website.
↑ (in Italian) Parish of Poggio Capanne, Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, official website.
1 2 Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 291.

Bibliography

(in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «Poggio Capanne», 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. 291.
Giovanni De Feo, Le città del tufo nella valle del Fiora. Guida ai centri etruschi e medioevali della Maremma collinare, Pitigliano, Laurum Editrice, 2005.