Montenero d'Orcia 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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Castel del Piano Castel del Piano is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) of Province of Grosseto in the Tuscany, central Italy. History The area of Castel del Piano is known to have been inhabited in prehistoric times, but the town itself is mentioned for th ...

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

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 A ...

. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 253.Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001

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. Montenero is about 44 km from Grosseto and 14 km from

, and it is situated on a hill between the valley of Orcia and

Ombrone The Ombrone (Latin: ''Umbro'') is a long river in Tuscany, central Italy. The Ombrone's source is at San Gusmè, near Castelnuovo Berardenga, on the south-eastern side of the Monti del Chianti. After a twisting route, it receives the waters of t ...

rivers.

Main sights

* ''Pieve di Santa Lucia'' (12th century), main parish church of the village, with a wooden ''Crocefisso'' by Ambrogio Lorenzetti * Church of ''Madonna'' (16th century), former church now deconsecrated * Walls of Montenero, old fortifications which surround the village since the 10th century * ''Cassero Senese'', a 13th-century fortress, it was re-built in the 15th century * Museum of Vine and Wine, little museum of local history about the traditions of grape growing and wine production in Montenero

References

Bibliography

* Aldo Mazzolai, ''Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura'', Le Lettere, Florence, 1997 * Giuseppe Guerrini, ''Torri e castelli della Provincia di Grosseto'', Nuova Immagine Editrice, Siena, 1999

Main sights

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