Coordinates: 43°8′47″N 10°58′46″E / 43.14639°N 10.97944°E / 43.14639; 10.97944

Gerfalco

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Gerfalco
View of Gerfalco
View of Gerfalco
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CountryItaly
RegionFile:Flag of Tuscany.svg Tuscany
ProvinceGrosseto (GR)
ComuneMontieri
Elevation
774 m (2,539 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
110
DemonymGerfalchini
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
58020
Dialing code(+39) 0564

Gerfalco is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Montieri, province of Grosseto, in the area of Colline Metallifere. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 78.[1]

Geography

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Gerfalco is about 70 km from Grosseto and 7 km from Montieri, and it is situated in the Cornate e Fosini Natural Reserve.

Main sights

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File:Chiesa di Sant'Agosino a Gerfalco.JPG
The church of Sant'Agostino
  • San Biagio, main parish church of the village, it was consecrated in 1599.
  • Sant'Agostino (14th century), it was an ancient convent of the Augustinians.
  • Church of Misericordia (13th century), it was restructured in the 18th century.
  • Walls of Gerfalco, old fortifications which surround the village since the 12th century.

References

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Bibliography

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

See also

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