Lago Boracifero is a village in
Tuscany
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Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...
, central
Italy
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, administratively a
frazione
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of the
comune
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of
Monterotondo Marittimo
Monterotondo Marittimo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence and about northwest of Grosseto, near the Colline Metallifere.
''Frazioni''
The municipality i ...
,
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 ...
, in the area of
Colline Metallifere
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. At the time of the 2001 census, its population was 51.
[Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001]
Istat
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.
Lago Boracifero is about 72 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 the m ...
and 7 km from
Monterotondo Marittimo
Monterotondo Marittimo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence and about northwest of Grosseto, near the Colline Metallifere.
''Frazioni''
The municipality i ...
, and it lies on the
lake of the same name, known for its
geyser
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s.
Main sights
* The geothermal power plant, with its wells, pipes for steam, and the buildings of the workers' village, dating back to the early 20th century. Their task was to transform
geothermal energy
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produced by the lake into
electricity
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.
* Church of ''Madonna di Montenero'', situated in the hamlet of ''Fattoria del Lago'', it was built in 1853.
* ''Biancane'' Natural Park, a protected natural area where there is the presence of different types of geothermal manifestations such as geysers,
fumarole
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s and steam emissions from the soil.
References
Bibliography
* Aldo Mazzolai, ''Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura'', Le Lettere, Florence, 1997.
See also
*
Boracifero Lake
*
Frassine
Frassine is a village in Tuscany, central Italy. It is administratively a frazione of the comune of Monterotondo Marittimo, province of Grosseto, in the area of Colline Metallifere. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 26.
*
Monterotondo Marittimo
Monterotondo Marittimo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence and about northwest of Grosseto, near the Colline Metallifere.
''Frazioni''
The municipality i ...
Frazioni of Monterotondo Marittimo
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