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Suvereto is a ''
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 ...
'' (municipality) in the
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in the
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, located about southwest of
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and about southeast of Livorno.


Government

;''Frazioni '' The municipality is formed by the municipal seat of Suvereto and the villages (
frazioni 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
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Montioni Montioni is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Suvereto, province of Livorno. At the time of the 2001 census its population was 15.Prata and San Lorenzo. The small hamlets of Forni, Poggio al Turco, San Lorenzo Due, TabarĂ² and Valdamone are also included in the municipality.


Main sights

*Rocca Aldobrandesca, ruins of a castle built in the mid-12th century near 9th century fortifications. *''
Pieve In the Middle Ages, a pieve (, ; la, plebe, link=no; plural ''pievi'') was a rural church with a baptistery, upon which other churches without baptisteries depended. The Italian word ''pieve'' is descended from Latin ''plebs'' which, after t ...
'' of San Giusto, a pleban church in
Romanesque style Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque style, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 11th century, this later ...
*Countryside church of Santissima Annunziata *Church of the Crucifix *Natural Park of Montioni


Infrastructure

*
Static inverter plant An HVDC converter station (or simply converter station) is a specialised type of substation which forms the terminal equipment for a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line.Arrillaga, Jos; High Voltage Direct Current Transmission, se ...
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HVDC A high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electric power transmission system (also called a power superhighway or an electrical superhighway) uses direct current (DC) for electric power transmission, in contrast with the more common alternating curre ...
SACOI, the HVDC-power cable connecting the power grids of Corse and
Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
with the grid of the Italian mainland. * Research centre for switchyards of ENEL, including an experimental long powerline to Valdicciola, which is partly built as underground cable


References

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