Preselle Explained

Preselle
Coordinates:	42.7606°N 11.2575°W
Province:	Grosseto (GR)
Comune:	Scansano
Elevation M:	114
Population Total:	130
Population As Of:	2011
Gentilic:	Presellani
Postal Code:	58054
Area Code:	(+39) 0564

Preselle is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Scansano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 56.^[1]

Preselle is about 15 km from Grosseto and 14 km from Scansano, and it is situated in a plain between the hills renowned for the production of Morellino di Scansano.

Main sights

• Sant'Isidoro, main parish church of the village, it was built in 1947.
• Chapel of Madonna della Pace, little church situated in Cerralti, it is part of the same parish of Preselle.
• Chapel of San Giuseppe Lavoratore, little church situated in Madrechiesa, it was built in 1956.
• Villa delle Preselle, big villa situated in the centre of the village.

Bibliography

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

See also

• Baccinello
• Montorgiali
• Murci
• Pancole, Scansano
• Poggioferro
• Polveraia
• Pomonte, Scansano

Notes and References

1. Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001, Istat