Cellena is a village in

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, central

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, administratively a

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of the

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of Semproniano,

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. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 77.Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Census 2001
, Istat

Geography

Cellena is about 54 km from Grosseto and 6 km from Semproniano. The village is divided into four hamlets: ''Cellena'', ''Case Leoni'', ''Case Perugini'' and ''Case Pietrini''.

Main sights

* Church of ''Santissima Annunziata'', main parish church of the village, it was built in 1787 and entirely re-built in 1958. * ''Corte Vecchia'': ancient Etruscan settlement, it became a small burgh in the

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and it gave shelter to the troops of Frederick II Hohenstaufen during the siege of Sovana. In the

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it was transformed into a farm estate with a

villa A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house that provided an escape from urban life. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the f ...

and a '' giardino all'italiana''. There is also a chapel which was the parish church (''

pieve In Italy in the Middle Ages, a ''pieve'' (, ; ; : ''pievi'') was a rural church with a baptistery, upon which other churches without baptisteries depended. ''Pieve'' is also an Italian and Corsican term signifying the medieval ecclesiastical/a ...

'') of Cellena before the edification of the modern church in the 18th century.

References

Bibliography

* Aldo Mazzolai, ''Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura'', Florence, Le Lettere, 1997. * Giuseppe Guerrini, ''Torri e castelli della provincia di Grosseto'', Siena, Nuova Immagine Editrice, 1999.

Geography

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