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Frazione in Tuscany, Italy
Ghirlanda
Frazione
The former train station in GhirlandaThe former train station in Ghirlanda
Ghirlanda is located in ItalyGhirlandaGhirlandaLocation of Ghirlanda in Italy
Coordinates: 43°03′31″N 10°54′04″E / 43.05861°N 10.90111°E / 43.05861; 10.90111
CountryItaly
Region Tuscany
ProvinceGrosseto (GR)
ComuneMassa Marittima
Elevation274 m (899 ft)
Population
 • Total213
DemonymGhirlandini
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code58020

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.

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 Archived 2018-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Istat

Bibliography

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

See also

Tuscany · Villages of the Province of Grosseto


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