Ribolla is a village in southern

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, 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 territ ...

'' 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 ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...

'' of Roccastrada, in the

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 Gros ...

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

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. In 1954, a mine exploded killing forty-three workers. The incident was reported by Luciano Bianciardi and

Carlo Cassola Carlo Cassola (17 March 1917 – 29 January 1987) was an influential Italian novelist and essayist. His novel '' La Ragazza di Bube'' (1960), which received the Strega Prize, was adapted into a film of the same name by Luigi Comencini in 1963 ...

in the essay ''I minatori della Maremma'' (The miners of Maremma), and has been a source of inspiration for Bianciardi's novel '' La vita agra'' and for the film of the same name directed by

Carlo Lizzani Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Biography Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...

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* ''Santi Barbara e Paolo'', main parish church in Ribolla, 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 Universi ...

and consecrated in 1941. * ''Monumento al minatore'' ("Monument to the miner") by

Vittorio Basaglia Vittorio is an Italian male given name which has roots from the Byzantine-Bulgarian name Victor. People with the given name Vittorio include: * Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, pretender to the former Kingdom of Italy * Vittorio Adorni, pro ...

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