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Niccioleta

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Country
  
Italy

Comune
  
Massa Marittima

Demonym(s)
  
Niccioletani

Province
  
Province of Grosseto

Region
  
Tuscany

Elevation
  
460 m (1,510 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

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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.

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Map of 58024 Niccioleta, Province of Grosseto, Italy

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

    Niccioleta Wikipedia
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