Poggio Capanne
The church of Visitazione
Poggio Capanne is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Manciano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 101.[1]
Poggio Capanne is about 60 km from Grosseto and 18 km from Manciano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Montemerano to Sovana, at the top of a small hill ("poggio") in the valley of Albegna.[2] The village, formerly known as Capanne di Saturnia and then just as Capanne, was born in the 15th century as a rural hamlet of shepherds and farmers dependent on the town of Saturnia.[3]
Main sights
- Church of Visitazione di Maria (16th century), main parish church of the village, it was built in 1570.[3][4][5]
- Casa Luciani, one of the oldest buildings in the village, it was built in 1500, as indicated on the facade. It hosted also the canonica.[3][5]
- Old prison of Saturnia (16th century), it is situated next to the church in the main square of the village.[3]
References
- ↑ (Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001, Istat.
- ↑ (Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «Poggio Capanne», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833-1846.
- 1 2 3 4 (Italian) Capanne, Manciano official website.
- ↑ (Italian) Parish of Poggio Capanne, Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, official website.
- 1 2 Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 291.
Bibliography
- (Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «Poggio Capanne», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833-1846.
- Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 291.
- Giovanni De Feo, Le città del tufo nella valle del Fiora. Guida ai centri etruschi e medioevali della Maremma collinare, Pitigliano, Laurum Editrice, 2005.
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