Giglio Castello
{{Infobox frazione
| name = Giglio Castello
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| image_skyline = Giglio Castello.JPG
| image_caption = View of Giglio Castello
| coordinates = {{coord|42|21|56|N|10|54|06|E|display=inline,title|type:city}}
| region = {{flag|Tuscany}}
| province = Grosseto (GR)
| comune = Isola del Giglio
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 405
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| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 557
| population_as_of = 2011
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| gentilic = Gigliesi, Gigliesini
| saint =
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| postal_code = 58012
| area_code = (+39) 0564
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Giglio Castello is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Isola del Giglio, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 568.{{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. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").{{cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/toscana/|title=Toscana|access-date=1 August 2023|language=it}}
Geography
Giglio Castello is located upon a hill in the centre of Giglio Island, between the villages of Giglio Campese and Giglio Porto, and it is the municipal capital of the comune. It is an ancient medieval borough characterized by the majestic walls of a fortress.{{cite web|title=Giglio Castello|url=http://www.isoladelgiglio.it/index.php?/en/discover-our-islands/enviroment/Giglio-Castello.html|publisher=Tourist Association Pro Loco Isola del Giglio and Giannutri "G. Bancalà"|access-date=19 November 2014}}
Castello is divided into the quarters of Casamatta, Centro, Cisterna and Rocca.
Main sights
- San Pietro (12th century), the main church of the village, it was completely restructured in 1755 in a Baroque style.{{in lang|it}} [http://www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it/pls/cci_dioc_new/bd_dioc_annuario_css.singolo_ente?p_pagina=4544&id_dioc=214&id_en=115&colore1=&colore2=&layout=0&rifi=&rifp=&vis=1 Parish of Giglio Castello] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109041012/http://www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it/pls/cci_dioc_new/bd_dioc_annuario_css.singolo_ente?p_pagina=4544&id_dioc=214&id_en=115&colore1=&colore2=&layout=0&rifi=&rifp=&vis=1 |date=2014-11-09 }}, Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello official site.
- Rocca aldobrandesca (castle), it was built by the Aldobrandeschi in the early Middle Ages and then restructured by the Republic of Pisa after the Pisan invasion of the island in the 13th century.{{in lang|it}} Emanuele Repetti, «[http://www.archeogr.unisi.it/repetti/dbms/sk.php?id=2325 Giglio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110000939/http://www.archeogr.unisi.it/repetti/dbms/sk.php?id=2325 |date=2014-11-10 }}», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833-1846.
- Walls of Giglio Castello, old fortifications which surround the village since 12th century.
References
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Bibliography
- Marco Lambertini, Isola del Giglio. Natura, storia, escursioni via terra e via mare, Pisa, Pacini Editore, 1989.
See also
{{Commons category|Giglio Castello}}
{{Villages of the Province of Grosseto|nocat=yes}}
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Category:Frazioni of Isola del Giglio
Category:Borghi più belli d'Italia
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