Sassetta, Tuscany Explained

Sassetta
Official Name:Comune di Sassetta
Coordinates:43.1333°N 49°W
Region:Tuscany
Province:Livorno (LI)
Mayor:Luciano Cencioni
Area Total Km2:26.6
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:503
Population As Of:January 2017
Population Demonym:Sassetani
Elevation M:330
Saint:St. Roch
Day:16 August
Postal Code:57020
Area Code:0565

Sassetta is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 90km (60miles) southwest of Florence and about 50km (30miles) southeast of Livorno.

Sassetta borders the following municipalities: Castagneto Carducci, Monteverdi Marittimo, Suvereto.

History

Sassetta was an important castle of the Pisan Republic, demolished in 1503 after the Florentine conquest. In 1516 the original lords of the village, the Pisans Orlandi della Sassetta were also exiled. From the 16th century the village belonged to the Ramirez de Montalvo family of Spanish origin, who arrived in Florence with the court of Eleonora da Toledo who married the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo I de' Medici.

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Notes and References

  1. http://demo.istat.it/pop2017/index.html Istat