Monticello Amiata is a village in

Tuscany it, Toscano (man) it, Toscana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Citizenship , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = Italian , demogra ...

, central

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

, administratively a

frazione A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

of the

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

Cinigiano Cinigiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about northeast of Grosseto. Cinigiano borders the following municipalities: Arcidosso, Campagnatico, Caste ...

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 Gro ...

. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 425.

Geography

Monticello Amiata 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 the ...

and 9 km from

, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Cinigiano to

Arcidosso Arcidosso is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about northeast of Grosseto and near the town of Montalcino. History The first certain documentation of ...

History

Originally known as ''Montepinzutolo'', it was mentioned for the first time in an act by Conrad II in 1027. The village became a ''comune'' in 1261, but it lost its autonomy in 1783, when it became a ''frazione'' of Cinigiano.

Main sights

* ''San Michele Arcangelo'' (13th century), main parish church of the village, it was entirely re-built in the 13th century after the fire which destroyed ''Montepinzutolo'' in 1240. It contains some paintings of

Bartolomeo Neroni Bartolomeo Neroni, also known as Il Riccio or Riccio Sanese (c.1505-1571) was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect and engineer of the Sienese School. He was born and died in Siena. Biography Neroni was influenced by Domenico Beccafumi a ...

and

Rutilio Manetti Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti (c. 1571 – 22 July 1639) was an Italian painter of late- Mannerism or proto- Baroque, active mainly in Siena. Biography He was influenced and/or taught by the local artists Francesco Vanni and Ventura Salimbeni. He is ...

.Bruno Santi, ''Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto'', Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 172-175. * Oratory of ''San Sebastiano'' (15th century), it contains a painting of Domenico Manetti. * Sanctuary of ''Madonna di Val di Prata'' (13th century), situated in the ''Parco della Rimembranza'' outside the city walls, it was restructured in the 19th century. It contains several paintings and an altarpiece by

Giuseppe Nicola Nasini Giuseppe Nicola Nasini (January 25, 1657– July 3, 1736) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Rome and Tuscany. Biography Born in Castel del Piano, now in the Province of Grosseto, Giuseppe was the son of the painter Frances ...

. * Chapel of ''Madonna del Lampino'' (16th century), little church in the hamlet of ''Ripe''. * ''Palazzo Comunale'' (Town Hall), former seat of the municipality of Monticello Amiata, it was built in the 17th century. It was then used as a courthouse after 1783. It hosts now the ethnographic museum.Andrea Semplici, ''La Maremma dei musei. Viaggio emozionale nell'arte, la storia, la natura, le tradizioni del territorio grossetano'', Arcidosso, Edizioni Effigi, 2012, p. 240. * Walls of Monticello Amiata, old fortifications which surround the village since 13th century, after the fire that destroyed the first walls. The walls have two main gates: ''Porta Grossetana'' (west) and ''Porta Senese'' (east). * ''Casa-Museo'' (House-Museum), ethnographic museum of Monticello Amiata, it describes the rural context in an everyday life-typical house of the 19th century.Casa-Museo in Monticello Amiata
''Musei di Maremma'' official website.

References

Bibliography

* Bruno Santi, ''Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto'', Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 172-175. * Aldo Mazzolai, ''Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura'', Florence, Le Lettere, 1997. * Giuseppe Guerrini, ''Torri e castelli della provincia di Grosseto'', Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1999.

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