Niccioleta

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| region = {{flag|Tuscany}}

| province = Grosseto (GR)

| comune = Massa Marittima

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| elevation_m = 460

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| population_total = 197

| population_as_of = 2011

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| gentilic = Niccioletani

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Niccioleta is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Massa Marittima, province of Grosseto, in the area of the Colline Metallifere. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 248.{{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

Niccioleta is about 54 km from Grosseto and 5 km from Massa Marittima, and it is situated on a hill rich of mines of calamine and pyrite. The town is known for the slaughter of civilians performed by the fascists between 13 and 14 June 1944.

Main sights

  • Santa Barbara, main parish church of the village, it was built in 1950s.
  • Niccioleta War Memorial, memorial stone in remembrance of those killed in the massacre of June 1944, when eighty-four workers of the Niccioleta mines were shot by the fascists.

References

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Bibliography

  • Aldo Mazzolai, Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura, Le Lettere, Florence, 1997.
  • Paolo Pezzino, Storie di guerra civile. L'eccidio di Niccioleta, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2001.

See also

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

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Category:Frazioni of Massa Marittima

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