Montorgiali
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| name = Montorgiali
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| image_skyline = Montorgiali.jpg
| image_caption = View of the castle and the church
| coordinates = {{coord|42|44|18|N|11|17|57|E|display=inline,title|type:city}}
| region = {{flag|Tuscany}}
| province = Grosseto (GR)
| comune = Scansano
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 330
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| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 162
| population_as_of = 2011
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| gentilic = Montorgialesi
| saint =
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| postal_code = 58054
| area_code = (+39) 0564
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Montorgiali 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 141.{{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
Montorgiali is about 21 km from Grosseto and 10 km from Scansano, and it is situated on a hill along the Scansanese Provincial Road.
Main sights
- San Biagio (12th century), main parish church of the village
- Sanctuary of San Giorgio, old pieve during the Middle Ages, it is now a sanctuary dedicated to Saint George who, according to legend, defeated a dragon
- Castle of Montorgiali (12th century), main palace in the village
References
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Bibliography
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- 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
{{Commons category|Montorgiali}}
{{Villages of the Province of Grosseto|nocat=yes}}
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