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Frazione in Tuscany, Italy
Fonteblanda
Frazione
A beach in FonteblandaA beach in Fonteblanda
Fonteblanda is located in ItalyFonteblandaFonteblandaLocation of Fonteblanda in Italy
Coordinates: 42°34′N 11°10′E / 42.567°N 11.167°E / 42.567; 11.167
CountryItaly
Region Tuscany
ProvinceGrosseto (GR)
ComuneOrbetello
Elevation13 m (43 ft)
Population
 • Total1,088
DemonymFonteblandini
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code58015
Dialing code(+39) 0564

Fonteblanda is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Orbetello, province of Grosseto, in the Tuscan Maremma. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 904.

Fonteblanda is easily reached from Via Aurelia, and is about 25 km from Grosseto and 10 km from Orbetello.

Main sights

  • Santa Maria Goretti, main parish church in the village, it was designed by engineer Ernesto Ganelli in 1950 and consecrated in 1980.
  • Santa Maria dell'Osa, notable contemporary architecture designed by architect Ico Parisi in 1963.
  • Poggio Talamonaccio: an Etruscan archaeological site.

See also

References

  1. (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001 Archived 2018-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Istat.

External links

Tuscany · Villages of the Province of Grosseto


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