San Martino sul Fiora

Coordinates: 42°40′21″N 11°35′45″E / 42.67250°N 11.59583°E / 42.67250; 11.59583
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San Martino sul Fiora
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San Martino sul Fiora is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Manciano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 224.[1]

Geography

San Martino sul Fiora is about 70 km from

Fiora
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History

The village was formerly known as San Martino di Poggio Pelato and as San Martino di Monticchio.[2] It became part of the comune of Sorano in 1738. It was renamed with its current name in 1929, as it switched to the comune of Manciano, its current municipality.[3]

Main sights

  • San Martino (16th century), main parish church of the village, it was entirely re-built in 1956 in a Romanesque Revival architecture with Moorish Revival elements. It contains two 17th-century paintings.[4]
  • Convent of San Francesco (16th century), it's now in ruins.[3]

References

  1. Istat
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  2. ^ (in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «San Martino sul Fiora», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833-1846.
  3. ^ a b (in Italian) San Martino sul Fiora, Manciano official website.
  4. ^ (in Italian) Parish of San Martino sul Fiora, Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, official website.

Bibliography

  • (in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «San Martino sul Fiora», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833–1846.
  • Giovanni De Feo, Le città del tufo nella valle del Fiora. Guida ai centri etruschi e medioevali della Maremma collinare, Pitigliano, Laurum Editrice, 2005.

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