Prata, Massa Marittima

Prata
Frazione
View of Prata
Prata Location of Prata in Italy
Coordinates: 43°04′59″N 10°59′07″E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Grosseto (GR)
Comune	Massa Marittima
Elevation	620 m (2,030 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	584
Demonym	Pratigiani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	58020

Prata 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 559.[1]

Prata is about 48 km from Grosseto and 12 km from Massa Marittima, and it is a small medieval village (12th century) situated on a hill of Colline Metallifere.

Main sights

• Santa Maria Assunta, main parish church of the village, it was originally built as a pieve in the 12th century.
• Ruins of Cassero, 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.

See also

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