Borgo Santa Rita
Church of Santa Petronilla
Borgo Santa Rita is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Cinigiano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 34.[1]
Borgo Santa Rita is about 33 km from Grosseto and 10 km from Cinigiano, and it is situated along the provincial road which links the Grosseto-Siena highway to the Mount Amiata. The whole territory was property of the counts of Poggio alle Mura (Montalcino) during the Middle Ages, but the modern village is born as a result of the Maremman Riforma agraria (land reform) in the early 1960s.[2]
Main sights
- Church of Santa Petronilla (20th century), main parish church of the village, it was built in 1964 and designed by architect Carlo Boccianti.[3]
- Chapel of Santa Petronilla, early church dating back to the Middle Ages, it's now in ruins.
References
- ↑ (Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001, Istat.
- ↑ F. Mangiavacchi, La colonizzazione delle campagne maremmane. Dall'appoderamento mezzadrile ai borghi della riforma fondiaria, in "Architetture Grosseto", n. 14, 2011, pp. 66-84.
- ↑ Marco Del Francia, Giovanni Tombari, Barbara Catalani, Itinerari di architettura contemporanea. Grosseto e Provincia, Pisa, ETS, 2011, p. 61.
Bibliography
- Antonio Valentino Simoncelli, Bonifiche nel Grossetano: percorso storico dal 1200 a oggi, Roccastrada, 2008.
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Coordinates: 42°57′27″N 11°23′9″E / 42.95750°N 11.38583°E
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