Murci 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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Scansano Scansano is a town and comune, of medieval origin, in the province of Grosseto, Tuscany, central Italy. The area which Scansano lies within is called Maremma. Scansano area is home to the production of Morellino di Scansano, a type of wine. ...

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. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 173.Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001

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Murci is about 40 km from

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

and 14 km from

, and it is situated on the hills along the ''Amiatina'' Provincial Road.

Main sights

* ''San Domenico'' (19th century), main parish church of the village. * ''Poggi Alti''

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, it was built in 2006.

References

Bibliography

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

Main sights

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