Ghirlanda

43°03′31″N 10°54′04″E / 43.05861°N 10.90111°E / 43.05861; 10.90111Country ItalyRegion TuscanyProvinceGrosseto (GR)ComuneMassa MarittimaElevation274 m (899 ft)Population • Total213DemonymGhirlandiniTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

Ghirlanda 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 173.^[1]

Ghirlanda is about 48 km from Grosseto and 2 km from Massa Marittima, and it is situated on the northern slopes of the hill of Massa.

Main sights

• Ghirlanda train station, old station of Massa Marittima, northern terminal of the Follonica-Massa Marittima mining railway, it is now abandoned
• Mulino Badii, imposing mill of 19th century with Art Nouveau decorations
• Fountain of Bufalona, it is remembered for the rest that Giuseppe Garibaldi had here on 2 September 1849.

References

Bibliography

• Aldo Mazzolai, Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura, Le Lettere, Florence, 1997.

See also

• Montebamboli
• Niccioleta
• Prata, Massa Marittima
• Tatti, Massa Marittima
• Valpiana