Montenero d'Orcia

42°56′39″N 11°28′20″E / 42.94417°N 11.47222°E / 42.94417; 11.47222Country ItalyRegion TuscanyProvinceGrosseto (GR)ComuneCastel del PianoElevation350 m (1,150 ft)Population • Total243DemonymMonteneriniTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeDialing code(+39) 0564

Montenero d'Orcia is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castel del Piano, province of Grosseto, in the area of Mount Amiata. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 253.^[1]

Montenero is about 44 km from Grosseto and 14 km from Castel del Piano, and it is situated on a hill between the valley of Orcia and Ombrone rivers.

Main sights

• Pieve di Santa Lucia (12th century), main parish church of the village, with a wooden Crocefisso by Ambrogio Lorenzetti
• Church of Madonna (16th century), former church now deconsecrated
• Walls of Montenero, old fortifications which surround the village since the 10th century
• Cassero Senese, a 13th-century fortress, it was re-built in the 15th century
• Museum of Vine and Wine, little museum of local history about the traditions of grape growing and wine production in Montenero

References

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

• Castel del Piano
• Montegiovi
• Val d'Orcia