San Giovanni delle Contee
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  San Giovanni delle Contee Location of San Giovanni delle Contee in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 42°45′13″N 11°45′50″E / 42.75361°N 11.76389°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region |  Tuscany |
| Province | Grosseto (GR) |
| Comune | Sorano |
| Elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 192 |
| Demonym | Sangiovannesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 58010 |
| Dialing code | (+39) 0564 |
San Giovanni delle Contee is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Sorano, province of Grosseto, in the tuff area of southern Maremma. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 224.[1]
San Giovanni delle Contee is about 90 km from Grosseto and 12 km from Sorano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Sorano to Castell'Azzara.
History
[edit]It was included — alongside Castell'Ottieri, Montorio and the castle of Sopano — in the small County of Ottieri in the Middle Ages. The county was abolished in 1616.[2]
Main sights
[edit]- Santa Caterina delle Ruote (17th century), main church of the village, it was built as a pieve (pieve di San Giovanni) in the Middle Ages and entirely re-built in the 17th century.
- Casa Reale, one of the oldest buildings in the village, it was the seat of the Ottieris in San Giovanni delle Contee.
References
[edit]- ^ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Census 2001, Istat
- ^ (in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «San Giovanni delle Contee», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833-1846.
Bibliography
[edit]- (in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «San Giovanni delle Contee», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833–1846.
- Aldo Mazzolai, Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura, Florence, Le Lettere, 1997.
See also
[edit]- Castell'Ottieri
- Cerreto, Sorano
- Elmo, Sorano
- Montebuono, Sorano
- Montevitozzo
- Montorio, Sorano
- San Quirico, Sorano
- San Valentino, Sorano
- Sovana
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