Ghirlanda

Ghirlanda
Frazione
The former train station in Ghirlanda
Ghirlanda
Location of Ghirlanda in Italy
Coordinates: 43°03′31″N 10°54′04″E / 43.05861°N 10.90111°E / 43.05861; 10.90111Coordinates: 43°03′31″N 10°54′04″E / 43.05861°N 10.90111°E / 43.05861; 10.90111
Country  Italy
Region  Tuscany
Province Grosseto (GR)
Comune Massa Marittima
Elevation 274 m (899 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 213
Demonym(s) Ghirlandini
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 58020

Ghirlanda is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Massa Marittima, province of Grosseto, in the area of the Colline Metallifere. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 173.[1]

Ghirlanda is about 48 km from Grosseto and 2 km from Massa Marittima, and it is situated on the northern slopes of the hill of Massa.

Main sights

  • Ghirlanda train station, old station of Massa Marittima, northern terminal of the Follonica-Massa Marittima mining railway, it is now abandoned
  • Mulino Badii, imposing mill of 19th century with Art Nouveau decorations
  • Fountain of Bufalona, it is remembered for the rest that Giuseppe Garibaldi had here on 2 September 1849.

References

  1. ↑ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001, Istat

Bibliography

  • Aldo Mazzolai, Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura, Le Lettere, Florence, 1997.

See also

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