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Petricci

Summary

Petricci is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Semproniano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 168.[1]

Petricci
Frazione
View of Petricci
View of Petricci
Petricci is located in Italy
Petricci
Petricci
Location of Petricci in Italy
Coordinates: 42°45′31″N 11°33′25″E / 42.75861°N 11.55694°E / 42.75861; 11.55694
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
ProvinceGrosseto (GR)
ComuneSemproniano
Elevation
732 m (2,402 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total121
DemonymPetricciai
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
58055
Dialing code(+39) 0564

Petricci is about 55 km from Grosseto and 5 km from Semproniano. The village was founded in 1785[2] and it is divided into four borgate (hamlets): Il Crognolo, La Croce, La Macina and La Piana.

Main sights edit

  • 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.[3]
  • Convent of San Giusto, situated outside the village, it's now in ruins.

References edit

  1. ^ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Census 2001, Istat
  2. ^ (in Italian) History of Petricci, Petricci website.
  3. ^ Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 244.

Bibliography edit

  • 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.

See also edit

 
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