Baccinello

Baccinello
Frazione
The church of San Giovanni Bosco
Baccinello Location of Baccinello in Italy
Coordinates: 42°47′26″N 11°21′55″E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Grosseto (GR)
Comune	Scansano
Elevation	156 m (512 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	271
Demonym	Baccinellini
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	58054
Dialing code	(+39) 0564

Baccinello is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Scansano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 284.[1]

Baccinello is about 24 km from Grosseto and 21 km from Scansano, and it is situated in a plain in the Trasubbie valley. The village became famous because, in 1958, a complete fossilized skeleton of Oreopithecus bambolii was found in one of the lignite mines.

Main sights

• San Giovanni Bosco, main parish church of the village, it was built in 1977
• Old lignite mine, one of the most important sites of lignite in Europe, it's now closed

References

1. (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001 Archived 2018-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Istat

Bibliography

• Aldo Mazzolai, Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura, Le Lettere, Florence, 1997.
• Giuseppe Guerrini, Torri e castelli della Provincia di Grosseto, Nuova Immagine Editrice, Siena, 1999.

See also

• Montorgiali
• Murci
• Pancole, Scansano
• Poggioferro
• Polveraia
• Pomonte, Scansano
• Preselle