Boccheggiano

Boccheggiano
Frazione
View of Boccheggiano
Boccheggiano Location of Boccheggiano in Italy
Coordinates: 43°5′25″N 11°2′1″E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Grosseto (GR)
Comune	Montieri
Elevation	664 m (2,178 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	311
Demonym	Boccheggianesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	58026
Dialing code	(+39) 0564

Boccheggiano is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Montieri, province of Grosseto, in the area of Colline Metallifere. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 339.[1]

Boccheggiano is about 48 km from Grosseto and 8 km from Montieri, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Massa Marittima with Monticiano. It was an important mining village.

Main sights

Porta della Torricella

• San Bartolomeo (15th century), main parish church of the village, it was restructured many times (in 1864, 1986, 1990).
• San Sebastiano (14th century), it was restructured in the 17th century.
• Walls of Boccheggiano, old fortifications which surround the village since the 13th century.
  • Porta della Torricella, main gate and access to the medieval village.
  • Porta di Villa, destroyed.
• Municipal Theatre of Boccheggiano, it was built in 1927.
• Giardino dei Suoni (Garden of Sounds), a park of contemporary art founded by artist Paul Fuchs.

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.

See also

• Gerfalco
• Montieri
• Travale