San Lorenzo 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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, in the area of

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. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 211.Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001

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. San Lorenzo is about 56 km from

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and 2 km from

, and it is situated between the towns of Arcidosso and Castel del Piano.

Main sights

* Church of ''San Lorenzo'', a little church attested for the first time in a document of 1067. * Convent of

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, built in 1593, it contains paintings by

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and

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

. * Chapel of Merope Becchini, a neo-gothic chapel, it was built by architect Lorenzo Porciatti in 1902. It is situated in the square of the convent and it is dedicated to the prematurely dead daughter of the former mayor of Arcidosso. * Villa of ''Palazzina'', a villa of Giovannini family, it was built in a baroque style in 1620. * Cave of

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, a cave where, according to legend, Merlin lived many centuries ago.

References

Bibliography

* Aldo Mazzolai, ''Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura'', Le Lettere, Florence, 1997. * Carlo Morganti, Susanna Nanni, ''Itinerari a piedi nel comune di Arcidosso. Zaino in spalla alla scoperta del territorio'', Arcidosso, C&P Adver Effigi, 2008.

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