Montelaterone

Montelaterone
Frazione
View of Montelaterone from Zancona
Montelaterone Location of Montelaterone in Italy
Coordinates: 42°53′15″N 11°30′45″E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Grosseto (GR)
Comune	Arcidosso
Elevation	670 m (2,200 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	283
Demonym	Montelateronesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	58030
Dialing code	0564

Montelaterone (Italian: [ˌmontelateˈroːne]) is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Arcidosso, province of Grosseto, in the area of Mount Amiata. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 283.[1]

Montelaterone is about 52 km from Grosseto and 4 km from Arcidosso, and it is situated on a sandstone peak between the valleys of Ente and Zancona rivers.

Main sights

The old pieve of Santa Maria a Lamula

• Church of San Clemente (14th century), main parish church of the village
• Church of Madonna della Misericordia (17th century), with frescoes by Francesco and Giuseppe Nicola Nasini
• Chapel of Santa Lucia in Stiacciaie (14th century)
• Pieve of Santa Maria a Lamula (12th century), between Montelaterone and Arcidosso, it is an important and ancient Romanesque church.
• Palazzo Pretorio (13th century), ancient city hall
• Walls of Montelaterone, old fortifications which surround the village since 11th century
• Cassero Senese, a 13th-century fortress

References

1. (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001, 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

• Bagnoli, Arcidosso
• Le Macchie
• Salaiola
• San Lorenzo, Arcidosso
• Stribugliano
• Zancona