Tirli
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| name = Tirli
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| image_caption = View of Tirli
| coordinates = {{coord|42|50|43|N|10|53|42|E|display=inline,title|type:city}}
| region = {{flag|Tuscany}}
| province = Grosseto (GR)
| comune = Castiglione della Pescaia
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| elevation_m = 404
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| population_total = 255
| population_as_of = 2011
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| gentilic = Tirlesi
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| postal_code = 58043
| area_code = (+39) 0564
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Tirli is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castiglione della Pescaia, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 284.{{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.
Tirli is about 28 km from Grosseto and 18 km from Castiglione della Pescaia, and it is situated on a hill next to the peak of Poggio Ballone.
History
The village dates back to the Early Middle Ages, as it was mentioned in a document of 814. Destroyed by the Turks in the 16th century, it was then part of the Principality of Piombino.{{in lang|it}} Emanuele Repetti, «[http://www.archeogr.unisi.it/repetti/dbms/sk.php?id=4115 Tirli]», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833–1846.
Main sights
File:Chiesa di Sant'Andrea Tirli (GR).jpg
- Church of Sant'Andrea Apostolo (17th century), main parish church of the village,{{in lang|it}} [http://www.chiesacattolica.it/pls/cci_new_v3/cciv4_edit_info.edit_parret?id_p=2710005&cod_reg=&cod_dioc= Parish of Tirli], CEI official site. it was consecrated in 1674.Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, pp. 83–84. The former convent of Sant'Agostino is situated next to the church.
- Hermitage of San Guglielmo di Malavalle (13th century), situated in the woods near the village. It was built between 1230 and 1249 as a sanctuary where saint William of Maleval was buried.
- Hermitage of Sant'Anna (17th century), located in the woods of Tirli.
- Palazzo Pretorio (18th century).
References
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Bibliography
- Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, pp. 83–84.
- Enrico Collura, Mario Innocenti, Stefano Innocenti, Comune di Castiglione della Pescaia: briciole di storia, Grosseto, Editrice Innocenti, 2002, pp. 176–187.
- Fiorenzo Corsali, Storia della Maremma. Castiglione della Pescaia e il suo territorio, Roma, Aldo Sara Editore, 2008, pp. 65–69, 103–106.
See also
- Buriano, Castiglione della Pescaia
- Pian d'Alma
- Pian di Rocca
- Punta Ala
- Roccamare
- Rocchette
- Vetulonia
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