Petricci is a village in

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, central

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, administratively a

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. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 168. Petricci is about 55 km from

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and 5 km from

. The village was founded in 1785 and it is divided into four ''borgate'' (hamlets): ''Il Crognolo'', ''La Croce'', ''La Macina'' and ''La Piana''.

Main sights

* Church of ''San Giuseppe'' (18th century), it is the main parish church of the village. The bell tower was built in 1881 and completed in 1925.Bruno Santi, ''Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto'', Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 244. * Convent of ''San Giusto'', situated outside the village, it's now in ruins.

References

Bibliography

* Bruno Santi, ''Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto'', Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 244. * Ippolito Corridori, Lorenzo Galeazzi, ''Petricci: un popolo, un territorio, 200 anni di storia'', Siena, Il Leccio, 2006. * Claudia Cinquemani Dragoni, ''Petricci, nel ruvido incanto di un paese di pietra, oltre gli occhi del Guardiano'', in "''Le Antiche Dogane''", Montemerano, Aldo Sara Editore, April 2010.

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