Poggio Capanne is a village in

Tuscany Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...

, central

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, 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 ...

of Manciano,

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 ...

. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 101.

Geography

Poggio Capanne is about 60 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 18 km from Manciano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Montemerano to

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 ...

, at the top of a small hill ("''poggio''") in the valley of

Albegna The Albegna is a river in southern Tuscany, the sources of which are located in province of Grosseto on the southern side of Monte Buceto, the southwestern part of the volcanic cone of Mount Amiata, along with the northern side of Monte Aquilaia, ...

History

The village, formerly known as ''Capanne di Saturnia'' and then just as ''Capanne'', was born in the 15th century as a rural hamlet of shepherds and farmers dependent on the town of

Saturnia Saturnia () is a spa town in Tuscany in north-central Italy that has been inhabited since ancient times. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Manciano, in the province of Grosseto. Famous for the spa which gives it its name, its population ...

.Capanne
Manciano official website.

Main sights

* Church of ''Visitazione di Maria'' (16th century), main parish church of the village, it was built in 1570.Parish of Poggio Capanne
Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, official website.Bruno Santi, ''Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto'', Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 291. * ''Casa Luciani'', one of the oldest buildings in the village, it was built in 1500, as indicated on the facade. It hosted also the canonica. * Old prison of

(16th century), it is situated next to the church in the main square of the village.

References

Bibliography

Emanuele Repetti Emanuele Repetti (1776-1852) was an Italian historian and naturalist who wrote extensively on the history of Tuscany. He was born in Carrara.Italian Institute of Archaeology, University of Siena http://www.archeogr.unisi.it/repetti/paginerep/bior ...

,
Poggio Capanne
�, ''Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana'', 1833–1846. * Bruno Santi, ''Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto'', Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 291. * Giovanni De Feo, ''Le città del tufo nella valle del Fiora. Guida ai centri etruschi e medioevali della Maremma collinare'', Pitigliano, Laurum Editrice, 2005.

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History

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