Cellena

Cellena
Frazione
View of Cellena
Cellena Location of Cellena in Italy
Coordinates: 42°45′44″N 11°33′59″E / 42.76222°N 11.56639°E / 42.76222; 11.56639
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Grosseto (GR)
Comune	Semproniano
Elevation	691 m (2,267 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	70
Demonym	Cellenesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	58050
Dialing code	(+39) 0564

Cellena is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Semproniano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 77.^[1]

Geography

Cellena is about 54 km from Grosseto and 6 km from Semproniano. The village is divided into four hamlets: Cellena, Case Leoni, Case Perugini and Case Pietrini.

Main sights

• Church of Santissima Annunziata, main parish church of the village, it was built in 1787 and entirely re-built in 1958.
• Corte Vecchia: ancient Etruscan settlement, it became a small burgh in the Early Middle Ages and it gave shelter to the troops of Frederick II Hohenstaufen during the siege of Sovana. In the Renaissance it was transformed into a farm estate with a villa and a giardino all'italiana. There is also a chapel which was the parish church (pieve) of Cellena before the edification of the modern church in the 18th century.

References

1. (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Census 2001 Archived 2018-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Istat

Bibliography

• Aldo Mazzolai, Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura, Florence, Le Lettere, 1997.
• Giuseppe Guerrini, Torri e castelli della provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine Editrice, 1999.

See also

• Catabbio
• Petricci
• Rocchette di Fazio
• Semproniano