Scarlino Scalo

Frazione in Tuscany, Italy
42°56′36″N 10°50′13″E / 42.94333°N 10.83694°E / 42.94333; 10.83694Country ItalyRegion TuscanyProvinceGrosseto (GR)ComuneScarlinoElevation
12 m (39 ft)Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,582DemonymScarlinesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
58020
Dialing code(+39) 0564

Scarlino Scalo is a town in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Scarlino, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 1,230.[1]

Scarlino Scalo is about 39 km from Grosseto and 6 km from Scarlino, and it is situated in a plain at the bottom of the hill of Scarlino, near to the Aurelia Statal Road and along the Tirrenica railway line, which links Livorno and Pisa with Grosseto and Rome.

Main sights

  • Madonna delle Grazie, main parish church of the town, it was built in 1984.
  • Palazzo Guelfi, former house of Angiolo Guelfi, it is now an Italian National Monument because it became shelter of national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1849.

References

  1. ^ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001, Istat

Bibliography

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

See also

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