Petricci
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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 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
- 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
- ↑ (Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Census 2001, Istat
- ↑ (Italian) History of Petricci, Petricci website.
- ↑ Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 244.
Bibliography
- 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.
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Coordinates: 42°45′31″N 11°33′25″E / 42.75861°N 11.55694°E
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