Baccinello

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| name = Baccinello

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| image_skyline = Chiesa di San Giovanni Bosco a Baccinello.jpg

| image_caption = The church of San Giovanni Bosco

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| region = {{flag|Tuscany}}

| province = Grosseto (GR)

| comune = Scansano

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| elevation_m = 156

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| population_total = 271

| population_as_of = 2011

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| gentilic = Baccinellini

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| postal_code = 58054

| area_code = (+39) 0564

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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.{{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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826214450/http://dawinci.istat.it/MD/dawinciMD.jsp?a1=m0GG0c0I0&a2=mG0Y8048f8&n=1UH90007SN5&v=1UH07B07SN50000 |date=2018-08-26 }}, Istat

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

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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.

See also

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{{Villages of the Province of Grosseto|nocat=yes}}

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Category:Frazioni of Scansano

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