Guardistallo Explained

Guardistallo
Official Name:Comune di Guardistallo
Coordinates:43.3167°N 48°W
Region:Tuscany
Province:Pisa (PI)
Frazioni:Casino di Terra
Mayor:Mario Giuseppe Ettore Gruppelli
Area Total Km2:23.8
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:1218
Population As Of:2008
Population Demonym:Guardistallini
Elevation M:278
Postal Code:56040
Area Code:0586

Guardistallo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70km (40miles) southwest of Florence and about 50km (30miles) southeast of Pisa.

History

During the summer of 1944, it was the theatre of the Guardistallo massacre, carried out by German occupation forces. On 29 June 1944, 61 people were killed and buried in a mass grave. An extra person was wounded in the same occasion and died in the following days.

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Notes and References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.