Roccalbegna
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Roccalbegna | |
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Comune di Roccalbegna | |
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Postal code | 58053 |
Dialing code | 0564 |
Patron saint | St. Christopher |
Saint day | 25 July |
Website | Official website |
Roccalbegna is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 110 kilometres (68 mi) south of Florence and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of Grosseto.
History
Roccalbegna was a fief of the
Frazioni
The municipality is formed by the municipal seat of Roccalbegna and the villages (
Main sights
Roccalbegna is home to several notable fortifications, such as the Cassero Senese (built in the 13th century by the
Also notable is the Romanesque-Gothic church of Santi Pietro e Paolo (13th-14th centuries, modified in the 18th century). It has a large Gothic portal surmounted by a rose window. It houses some parts of a polyptych by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (c. 1340), a Pietà by Alessandro Casolani and a 15th-century small fresc of Madonna with Saints.
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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External links
Media related to Roccalbegna at Wikimedia Commons