Montebuono 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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Sorano Sorano is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Grosseto, southern Tuscany ( Italy). It as an ancient medieval hill town hanging from a tuff stone over the Lente River. History Sorano was probably inhabited by Villanovan culture, but the f ...

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

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area of southern

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. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 37.Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Census 2001

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Montebuono is about 75 km from

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and 12 km from

, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links

Castell'Azzara Castell'Azzara is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about east of Grosseto. It occupies the slopes of the Monte Amiata and was once important for the ex ...

and

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Sovana Sovana is a small town in southern Tuscany, Italy, a ''frazione'' of Sorano, a comune in the province of Grosseto. History Etruscan by origin, Sovana became a Roman ''municipium'', and, from the 5th century, an episcopal see. Conquered by Lomba ...

. The village was known as ''Tucciano'' in the

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. It is composed by two hamlets: ''Appalto'' and ''Dispensa''.

Main sights

* ''Sant'Andrea'' (13th century), main parish church of the village, it was built in the 13th century and later restructured many times. It contains some late-

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paintings.Parish of Montebuono
Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, official site. * ''Madonna del Cerro'' (17th century), church in the hamlet of ''Dispensa'', it was built in 1686. It was restored in 1982. * Castle of Montebuono, old castle of the village, it's now in ruins.

References

Bibliography

* Aldo Mazzolai, ''Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura'', Florence, Le Lettere, 1997.

Main sights

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