Baccinello

Frazione in Tuscany, Italy
42°47′26″N 11°21′55″E / 42.79056°N 11.36528°E / 42.79056; 11.36528Country ItalyRegion TuscanyProvinceGrosseto (GR)ComuneScansanoElevation
156 m (512 ft)Population
 (2011)
 • Total271DemonymBaccinelliniTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
58054
Dialing code(+39) 0564

Baccinello is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Scansano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 284.[1]

Baccinello is about 24 km from Grosseto and 21 km from Scansano, and it is situated in a plain in the Trasubbie valley. The village became famous because, in 1958, a complete fossilized skeleton of Oreopithecus bambolii was found in one of the lignite mines.

Main sights

  • San Giovanni Bosco, main parish church of the village, it was built in 1977
  • Old lignite mine, one of the most important sites of lignite in Europe, it's now closed

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.
  • Giuseppe Guerrini, Torri e castelli della Provincia di Grosseto, Nuova Immagine Editrice, Siena, 1999.

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