Sasso d'Ombrone

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Sasso d'Ombrone
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Sasso d'Ombrone
Location of Sasso d'Ombrone in Italy
Coordinates: 42°55′56″N11°19′29″E / 42.93222°N 11.32472°E / 42.93222; 11.32472
CountryItaly
Region Flag of Tuscany.svg Tuscany
Province Grosseto (GR)
Comune Cinigiano
Elevation
160 m (520 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
314
Demonym Sassaioli
Time zone UTC+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]

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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]

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References

  1. (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Census 2001 Archived 2018-08-26 at the Wayback Machine , Istat
  2. (in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «Sasso d'Ombrone Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine », 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.

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