Fonteblanda is a village in

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, central Italy, administratively a

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of the

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Orbetello Orbetello is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Grosseto (Tuscany), Italy. It is located about south of Grosseto, on the Lagoon of Orbetello, which is home to an important Natural Reserve. History Orbetello was an ancient Etruscan set ...

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, in the Tuscan

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. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 904.Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001
,

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. Fonteblanda is easily reached from

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, and is about 25 km from

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and 10 km from

Main sights

* ''Santa Maria Goretti'', main parish church in 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 1950 and consecrated in 1980. * ''Santa Maria dell'Osa'', notable contemporary architecture designed by architect Ico Parisi in 1963. * ''Poggio Talamonaccio'': an

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archaeological site.

Transports

* Talamone railway station: despite its name, it is located in Fonteblanda.

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External links

Tourism in Orbetello
Frazioni of Orbetello Cities and towns in Tuscany Coastal towns in Tuscany {{Grosseto-geo-stub

Main sights

Transports

See also

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