Petricci

Petricci
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Petricci Location of Petricci in Italy
Coordinates: 42°45′31″N 11°33′25″E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Grosseto (GR)
Comune	Semproniano
Elevation	732 m (2,402 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	121
Demonym	Petricciai
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	58055
Dialing code	(+39) 0564

Petricci is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Semproniano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 168.[1]

Petricci is about 55 km from Grosseto and 5 km from Semproniano. The village was founded in 1785[2] and it is divided into four borgate (hamlets): Il Crognolo, La Croce, La Macina and La Piana.

Main sights

• Church of San Giuseppe (18th century), it is the main parish church of the village. The bell tower was built in 1881 and completed in 1925.[3]
• Convent of San Giusto, situated outside the village, it's now in ruins.

References

1. (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Census 2001, Istat
2. (in Italian) History of Petricci, Petricci website.
3. Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 244.

Bibliography

• Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 244.
• Ippolito Corridori, Lorenzo Galeazzi, Petricci: un popolo, un territorio, 200 anni di storia, Siena, Il Leccio, 2006.
• Claudia Cinquemani Dragoni, Petricci, nel ruvido incanto di un paese di pietra, oltre gli occhi del Guardiano, in "Le Antiche Dogane", Montemerano, Aldo Sara Editore, April 2010.

See also

• Catabbio
• Cellena
• Rocchette di Fazio
• Semproniano