Poggi del Sasso is a village in

Tuscany it, Toscano (man) it, Toscana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Citizenship , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = Italian , demogra ...

, central Italy, administratively a

frazione A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ( municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate terri ...

of the

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions (''Regions of Italy, regioni'') and provinces (''Provinces ...

Cinigiano Cinigiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about northeast of Grosseto. Cinigiano borders the following municipalities: Arcidosso, Campagnatico, Cas ...

province of Grosseto The province of Grosseto ( it, links=no, provincia di Grosseto) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Grosseto. As of 2013 the province had a total population of 225,098 people. Geography The Province of Gro ...

. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 88.

Geography

Poggi del Sasso is about 37 km from

Grosseto Grosseto () is a city and ''comune'' in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain on the Ombrone river. It is the ...

and 10 km from

, and it is situated along the provincial road which links

Sasso d'Ombrone 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. Sasso d'Ombrone is about 33 km from Grosseto ...

to the castle of Montecucco and the hamlet of Piantaverna. The village lies in the valley of

Ombrone The Ombrone (Latin: ''Umbro'') is a long river in Tuscany, central Italy. The Ombrone's source is at San Gusmè, near Castelnuovo Berardenga, on the south-eastern side of the Monti del Chianti. After a twisting route, it receives the waters of ...

. The territory of Poggi del Sasso is known for the production of the wine Montecucco.

Main sights

Chiesa di Santa Margherita a Poggi del Sasso

Churches

* ''Santa Margherita'' (20th century), main parish church of the village, it was designed by engineer

Ernesto Ganelli Ernesto Ganelli (24 February 1901 – 9 September 1985) was an Italian civil engineer who designed various public and religious buildings in Tuscany. Biography Born in Alessandria, Ganelli graduated in civil engineering at the Sapienza Universit ...

in 1958 and consecrated in 1970. It contains several

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paintings formerly preserved in the church of Vicarello. * Monastery of Siloe (2001-2011), a contemporary architecture designed by Edoardo Milesi, it includes a convent, a church and a chapel.

Castles

* Castle of Colle Massari (11th century), with the chapel of ''Santa Marta'' (17th century).Giuseppe Guerrini, ''Torri e castelli della provincia di Grosseto'', Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1999.Bruno Santi, ''Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto'', Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, pp. 170-172. * Castle of Monte Cucco (11th century), with the chapel of ''Sant'Antonio Abate'' (1930s). * Castle of Vicarello (13th century), with the old

pieve In the Middle Ages, a pieve (, ; la, plebe, link=no; plural ''pievi'') was a rural church with a baptistery, upon which other churches without baptisteries depended. The Italian word ''pieve'' is descended from Latin '' plebs'' which, after ...

of ''San Martino'' (now converted into a house).Castle of Vicarello
official website.

Geography

Main sights

Churches

Castles

References

See also