Ghirlanda

Ghirlanda
Frazione
The former train station in Ghirlanda
Ghirlanda Location of Ghirlanda in Italy
Coordinates: 43°03′31″N 10°54′04″E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Grosseto (GR)
Comune	Massa Marittima
Elevation	274 m (899 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	213
Demonym	Ghirlandini
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	58020

Ghirlanda 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 173.[1]

Ghirlanda is about 48 km from Grosseto and 2 km from Massa Marittima, and it is situated on the northern slopes of the hill of Massa.

Main sights

• Ghirlanda train station, old station of Massa Marittima, northern terminal of the Follonica-Massa Marittima mining railway, it is now abandoned
• Mulino Badii, imposing mill of 19th century with Art Nouveau decorations
• Fountain of Bufalona, it is remembered for the rest that Giuseppe Garibaldi had here on 2 September 1849.

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

• Montebamboli
• Niccioleta
• Prata, Massa Marittima
• Tatti, Massa Marittima
• Valpiana