Vallerona is a village in

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, central

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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

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Roccalbegna Roccalbegna is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about east of Grosseto. History Roccalbegna was a fief of the Aldobrandeschi in the Middle Ages; later it ...

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 ...

, in the southern area of

Mount Amiata Mount Amiata is the largest of the lava domes in the Amiata lava dome complex located about 20 km northwest of Lake Bolsena in the southern Tuscany region of Italy. It is located within the provinces of Grosseto and Siena. Geology Mount Am ...

. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 219.Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001

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Vallerona is about 36 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 6 km from

. The ''

palio Palio is the name given in Italy to an annual athletic contest, very often of a historical character, pitting the neighbourhoods of a town or the hamlets of a ''comune'' against each other. Typically, they are fought in costume and commemorate so ...

dei somarelli'' (donkeys) takes place every year in Vallerona.

Main sights

* ''San Pio I'', main parish of the village, it was built in 1641.

Main sights

References

See also