Casone

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| name = Casone

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| image_skyline = Chiesa di San Paolo della Croce Casone Pitigliano.jpg

| image_caption = The church of San Paolo della Croce

| coordinates = {{coord|42|39|3|N|11|46|12|E|display=inline,title|type:city}}

| region = {{flag|Tuscany}}

| province = Grosseto (GR)

| comune = Pitigliano

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| elevation_m = 520

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| population_total = 124

| population_as_of = 2011

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| postal_code = 58017

| area_code = (+39) 0564

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Casone is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Pitigliano, province of Grosseto, in the tuff area of southern Maremma. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 130.{{in lang|it}} [http://dawinci.istat.it/MD/dawinciMD.jsp?a1=m0GG0c0I0&a2=mG0Y8048f8&n=1UH90007SN5&v=1UH07B07SN50000 Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Census 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

Casone is about 80 km from Grosseto and 9 km from Pitigliano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Pitigliano to the province of Viterbo and Lazio.

Main sights

  • San Paolo della Croce, main church of the village, it was entirely re-built in the early 20th century in a Romanesque Revival style
  • Casone War Memorial, memorial stone in remembrance of the fallen of the two world wars

References

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Bibliography

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

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

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Category:Frazioni of the Province of Grosseto

Category:Pitigliano

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