Albinia
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| name = Albinia
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| image_skyline = Orbetello - Torre delle saline.JPG
| image_caption = The Salt Fortress in Albinia
| coordinates = {{coord|42|30|08|N|11|12|29|E|display=inline,title|type:city}}
| region = {{flag|Tuscany}}
| province = Grosseto (GR)
| comune = Orbetello
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| elevation_m = 2
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| population_total = 2926
| population_as_of = 2011
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| gentilic = Albiniesi
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| postal_code = 58010
| area_code = (+39) 0564
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Albinia is a town 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 {{formatnum:2567}}{{in lang|it}} [http://dawinci.istat.it/MD/dawinciMD.jsp?a1=m0GG0c0I0&a2=mG0Y8048f8&n=1UH90007SN5&v=1UH07B07SN50000 Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001], Istat. and it is the most populous hamlet in Orbetello municipality.
Albinia is easily reached from Via Aurelia - it's about 33 km from Grosseto and 10 km from Orbetello - and from the Pisa-Grosseto-Rome railway thanks to its own station.
Main sights
- Santa Maria delle Grazie, main parish church in the village, it was designed by engineer Ernesto Ganelli and consecrated in 1957.
- Torre delle Saline (Salt Fortress), built by the Republic of Siena in 14th century and fortified by the Spanish in 1630.
Transports
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.turismo.intoscana.it/intoscana2/export/TurismoRTen/sito-TurismoRTen/Contenuti/province/GR/orbetello/visualizza_asset.html_1073601452.html Tourism in Orbetello]
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{{Villages of the Province of Grosseto|nocat=yes}}
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Category:Frazioni of Orbetello
Category:Cities and towns in Tuscany
Category:Coastal towns in Tuscany
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