Piloni

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Piloni
RoccastradaPiloniPanorama.JPG
Panorama of Piloni
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Grosseto  (GR)
local community Roccastrada
Coordinates 43 ° 4 '  N , 11 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 3 '58 "  N , 11 ° 9' 6"  E
height 474  m slm
Residents 132 (2011)
Telephone code 0564 CAP 58036

Piloni is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of Roccastrada in the province of Grosseto , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

The place is 6 km north of the capital Roccastrada and 34 km north of the provincial capital Grosseto in the Colline Metallifere of the Maremma . The place is at 474  m slm and had 152 inhabitants in 2001. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the district of Torniella , which is on the opposite hill. The river Lanzo rises to the east of the village .

history

In the cadastre of Leopold II from 1765, the place is mentioned as a collection of smaller houses. Only at the beginning of the 19th century did the place develop into a somewhat larger community. In 1819 the local church Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie a Piloni was built .

Attractions

The Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie in Piloni
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie a Piloni , church from 1819.

Sports

Web links

Commons : Piloni  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Grosseto, accessed on June 9, 2012 (Italian)
  2. Roccastrada municipality to the Piloni district
  3. Official website of the municipality of Roccastrada for the church Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie a Piloni , accessed on June 9, 2012 (Italian)