San Martino sul Fiora

San Martino sul Fiora
Frazione
The church of San Martino
San Martino sul Fiora
Location of San Martino sul Fiora in Italy
Coordinates: 42°40′21″N 11°35′45″E / 42.67250°N 11.59583°E / 42.67250; 11.59583Coordinates: 42°40′21″N 11°35′45″E / 42.67250°N 11.59583°E / 42.67250; 11.59583
Country  Italy
Region  Tuscany
Province Grosseto (GR)
Comune Manciano
Elevation 446 m (1,463 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 211
Demonym(s) Sammartinesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 58050

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 Grosseto and 15 km from Manciano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Catabbio to Sovana, in the valley of Fiora.

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 enterely 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. ↑ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001, Istat.
  2. ↑ (in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «San Martino sul Fiora», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833-1846.
  3. 1 2 (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.

See also

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