Gerfalco

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| name = Gerfalco

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| image_skyline = Panorama di Gerfalco.JPG

| image_caption = View of Gerfalco

| coordinates = {{coord|43|8|47|N|10|58|46|E|display=inline,title|type:city}}

| region = {{flag|Tuscany}}

| province = Grosseto (GR)

| comune = Montieri

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 774

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| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 110

| population_as_of = 2011

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| gentilic = Gerfalchini

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| postal_code = 58020

| area_code = (+39) 0564

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Gerfalco is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Montieri, province of Grosseto, in the area of Colline Metallifere. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 78.{{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

Geography

Gerfalco is about 70 km from Grosseto and 7 km from Montieri, and it is situated in the Cornate e Fosini Natural Reserve.

Main sights

File:Chiesa di Sant'Agosino a Gerfalco.JPG

  • San Biagio, main parish church of the village, it was consecrated in 1599.
  • Sant'Agostino (14th century), it was an ancient convent of the Augustinians.
  • Church of Misericordia (13th century), it was restructured in the 18th century.
  • Walls of Gerfalco, old fortifications which surround the village since the 12th century.

References

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Bibliography

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

See also

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

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Category:Frazioni of Montieri

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