Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence.
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...
, central
Italy
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, administratively a
frazione
A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') 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 consolidat ...
of the
comune
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of
Roccastrada
Roccastrada is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about north of Grosseto, between the Maremma plain and the Colline Metallifere.
''Frazioni''
The munici ...
,
province of Grosseto
The province of Grosseto () is a Provinces of Italy, 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 Grosseto completely ...
Istat
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.
Sticciano is situated about 24 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 15 km from
Roccastrada
Roccastrada is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about north of Grosseto, between the Maremma plain and the Colline Metallifere.
''Frazioni''
The munici ...
and it is easily reached from the Siena-Grosseto railway thanks to its own station, situated in the lower hamlet of Sticciano Scalo.
It is composed by two hamlets, ''Sticciano Alto'', where it is situated the ancient castle, and ''Sticciano Scalo'', the modern neighbourhood next to the train station.
Main sights
* ''Santa Mustiola'', or ''Santissima Concezione'' (10th century), main parish church of the village.
* Church of ''Confraternita del Sacro Cuore di Gesù'' (16th century), now transformed.
* ''Maria Santissima'' (20th century), modern parish church of the hamlet of Sticciano Scalo.
* ''Sant'Antonio Abate'' (20th century), modern parish church in the ''Olmini'' rural area around Sticciano.
* ''Palazzo Piccolomini'', medieval building in the old town.
* ''Villa Tolomei'', a former farmhouse of late 19th century.
* 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.
Piloni
Piloni is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Roccastrada, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census, its population amounted to 152.Ribolla
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Roccatederighi
Roccatederighi is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Roccastrada, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 846.Sassofortino
Sassofortino is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Roccastrada, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 815.Torniella
Torniella is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Roccastrada, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 323.Frazioni of Roccastrada
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