Capalbio Scalo 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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Capalbio Capalbio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in Tuscany region of Italy, located about south of Florence and about southeast of Grosseto. Capalbio borders the following municipalities: Manciano, Montalto di Castro, Orbete ...

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 ...

. It had a population of 551 as of 2011.

Geography

Capalbio Scalo is about 50 km from

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

and 9 km from

. It is in the plain of southern

Maremma The Maremma (, ; from Latin , "maritime and) is a coastal area of western central Italy, bordering the Tyrrhenian Sea. It includes much of south-western Tuscany and part of northern Lazio. It was formerly mostly marshland, often malarial, bu ...

between the hills of Capalbio and the

Tyrrhenian Sea The Tyrrhenian Sea (; it, Mar Tirreno , french: Mer Tyrrhénienne , sc, Mare Tirrenu, co, Mari Tirrenu, scn, Mari Tirrenu, nap, Mare Tirreno) is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenian pe ...

. Capalbio Scalo lies on the shore of

Lago di Burano Lago di Burano is a lake at Capalbio in the Province of Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. Its surface area is 2.36 km². It lies next to the village of Capalbio Scalo Capalbio Scalo is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione ...

, an important natural reserve.

Main sights

* Church of Santa Maria Goretti (20th century) is the main parish church of the village. It was built in 1986 and consecrated by bishop Eugenio Binini. * Tower of Buranaccio (16th century), built by the State of Presidi, is on the shore of the Burano Lake. * Tower of Macchiatonda (17th century), coastal defense tower built by the State of Presidi, was restructured during the 19th century. It was used as a location in the 1969 movie '' The Seed of Man'' by director

Marco Ferreri Marco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, who began his career in the 1950s directing three films in Spain, followed by 24 Italian films before his death in 1997. He is considered one of t ...

Transport

Capalbio Scalo is located along the

Via Aurelia The ''Via Aurelia'' (Latin for "Aurelian Way") is a Roman road in Italy constructed in approximately 241 BC. The project was undertaken by Gaius Aurelius Cotta, who at that time was censor.Hornblower, Simon, & Antony Spawforth. ''The Oxford Cla ...

highway which links Grosseto to

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. It is served by the Tirrenica railway line thanks to its own station.

Bibliography

* Fabiola Favilli, ''Capalbio. Alla scoperta del borgo e del territorio'', Arcidosso, C&P Adver Effigi, 2011.

Geography

Main sights

Transport

Bibliography

See also