Campagnatico
Campagnatico | |
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| Comune di Campagnatico | |
 Apse of the pieve of San Giovanni Battista. | |
Location of Campagnatico  | |
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| Postal code | 58042 |
| Dialing code | 0564 |
| Patron saint | St. John the Baptist |
| Saint day | June 24 |
| Website | Official website |
Campagnatico is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Florence and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Grosseto in the valley of the Ombrone River.
History
The town was founded as a fief of the
Aldobrandeschi family, who are known to hold it in 973. After the death of Omberto Aldobrandeschi, it was acquired by the Republic of Siena. Later it was contended by the Visconti of Campiglia d'Orcia and the Tolomei of Siena. It belonged to the latter city until it was absorbed into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
in the mid-16th century.
Government
Frazioni
The municipality is formed by the municipal seat of Campagnatico and the villages (frazioni) of Arcille, Marrucheti and Montorsaio.
List of mayors
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party |
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| Elismo Pesucci | 1998 | 2007 | Forza Italia |
| Fabrizio Tistarelli | 2007 | 2012 | Independent (centre-right) |
| Luca Ricciardi | 2012 | 2017 | Independent (centre-left) |
| Luca Grisanti | 2017 | Incumbent | Independent (centre-right) |
Main sights
- The Walls, built in the 12th and 13th centuries. They include the commanding Aldobrandeschicastle, founded in the 10th century.
- Church of Santa Maria della Misericordia, known from 1188. It has a hut-shaped façade in which an oculus was added in the 19th century. The interior, on the Latin cross plan, has kept the medieval presbytery, with remains of the 14th-century Sienese school in the main chapel and others from the 15th century in the side chapels, recently discovered and hypothetically attributed to Francesco di Giorgio Martini.
- Guido di Graziano and a wooden ciboriumfrom the 16th century.
- Former church of Sant'Antonio Abate, in Romanesque style. It houses fragments of 14th-century frescoes.
- Pieve Vecchia, south of Campagnatico near the Ombrone River.
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- Istat.
External links
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