Castell'Ottieri

Frazione in Tuscany, Italy

42°43′54″N 11°45′5″E / 42.73167°N 11.75139°E / 42.73167; 11.75139Country

ItalyRegion

TuscanyProvinceGrosseto (GR)ComuneSoranoElevation

472 m (1,549 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total163DemonymCastellesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

58010

Dialing code(+39) 0564

Castell'Ottieri is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Sorano, province of Grosseto, in the tuff area of southern Maremma. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 195.^[1]

Castell'Ottieri is about 90 km from Grosseto and 10 km from Sorano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Sorano to Castell'Azzara. Ancient capital of the small County of Ottieri, Castell'Ottieri is now a pittoresque Renaissance village.^[2]

Main sights

San Bartolomeo (16th century), main parish church of the village, it was built in 1590 and contains some Baroque paintings.
Santa Maria (17th century)
Rocca degli Ottieri, old castle built by Aldobrandeschis in the Middle Ages, it was re-built during the Renaissance by the Ottieri, as the seat of the county.

References

^ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Census 2001 Archived 2018-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Istat
^ (in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «Castell'Ottieri Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833-1846.

Bibliography

(in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «Castell'Ottieri», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833–1846.
Aldo Mazzolai, Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura, Florence, Le Lettere, 1997.