Casone is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Pitigliano, province of Grosseto, in the tuff area of southern Maremma. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 130.[1]
Casone is about 80 km from Grosseto and 9 km from Pitigliano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Pitigliano to the province of Viterbo and Lazio.
Main sights
- San Paolo della Croce, main church of the village, it was entirely re-built in the early 20th century in a Romanesque Revival style
- Casone War Memorial, memorial stone in remembrance of the fallen of the two world wars
References
- ^ (in Italian) Popolazione residente – Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) – Census 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