Niccioleta | |
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 View of Niccioleta | |
  Niccioleta Location of Niccioleta in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 43°05′14″N 10°56′06″E / 43.08722°N 10.93500°E | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Region |  Tuscany |
| Province | Grosseto (GR) |
| Comune | Massa Marittima |
| Elevation | 460 m (1,510 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 197 |
| Demonym | Niccioletani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 58020 |
Niccioleta 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 248.[1]
Niccioleta is about 54 km from Grosseto and 5 km from Massa Marittima, and it is situated on a hill rich of mines of calamine and pyrite. The town is known for the slaughter of civilians performed by the fascists between 13 and 14 June 1944.
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Main sights
- Santa Barbara, main parish church of the village, it was built in 1950s.
- Niccioleta War Memorial, memorial stone in remembrance of those killed in the massacre of June 1944, when eighty-four workers of the Niccioleta mines were shot by the fascists.
References
Bibliography
- Aldo Mazzolai, Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura, Le Lettere, Florence, 1997.
- Paolo Pezzino, Storie di guerra civile. L'eccidio di Niccioleta, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2001.
See also
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This page was last edited on 4 January 2022, at 10:09