Montenero d'Orcia

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Province Province of Grosseto

Montenero d'Orcia is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castel del Piano, province of Grosseto, in the area of Mount Amiata. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 253.

Map of 58033 Montenero d'Orcia, Province of Grosseto, Italy

Montenero is about 44 km from Grosseto and 14 km from Castel del Piano, and it is situated on a hill between the valley of Orcia and Ombrone rivers.

Pieve di Santa Lucia (12th century), main parish church of the village, with a wooden Crocefisso by Ambrogio Lorenzetti

Church of Madonna (16th century), former church now deconsecrated

Walls of Montenero, old fortifications which surround the village since the 10th century

Cassero Senese, a 13th-century fortress, it was re-built in the 15th century

Museum of Vine and Wine, little museum of local history about the traditions of grape growing and wine production in Montenero

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