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Casone

Coordinates: 42°39′3″N 11°46′12″E / 42.65083°N 11.77000°E / 42.65083; 11.77000
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Casone
The church of San Paolo della Croce
The church of San Paolo della Croce
Casone is located in Italy
Casone
Casone
Location of Casone in Italy
Coordinates: 42°39′3″N 11°46′12″E / 42.65083°N 11.77000°E / 42.65083; 11.77000
CountryItaly
Region Tuscany
ProvinceGrosseto (GR)
ComunePitigliano
Elevation
520 m (1,710 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total124
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
58017
Dialing code(+39) 0564

Casone is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Pitigliano, province of Grosseto, in the tuff area of southern Maremma. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 130.[1]

Casone is about 80 km from Grosseto and 9 km from Pitigliano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Pitigliano to the province of Viterbo and Lazio.

Main sights

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  • San Paolo della Croce, main church of the village, it was entirely re-built in the early 20th century in a Romanesque Revival style
  • Casone War Memorial, memorial stone in remembrance of the fallen of the two world wars

References

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Bibliography

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