The Albegna is a river in southern Tuscany , the sources of which are located in province of Grosseto on the southern side of Monte Buceto , the southwestern part of the volcanic cone of Mount Amiata , along with the northern side of Monte Aquilaia , and the Riserva Poggio all'Olmo .
6-450: The river goes downstream initially heading south, passing first from the town of Roccalbegna and moving later into the western part of the municipality of Semproniano , downstream to Rocchette di Fazio , and crossing the Bosco dei Rocconi Natural Reserve . Soon after, it enters the town of Manciano and, near the village of Saturnia , it turns right towards the south-west. Once it reaches
12-685: A river in Italy is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Roccalbegna Roccalbegna is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany , located about 110 kilometres (68 mi) south of Florence and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of Grosseto . Roccalbegna was a fief of the Aldobrandeschi in the Middle Ages; later it
18-792: The Cassero Senese (built in the 13th century by the Aldobrandeschi , renovated in the 15th century) and the Rocca Aldobrandesca , located on the hill overlooking the town and the Albegna river (whence the town's name). Outside the town there is the large castle of Triana (known from 760), also owned by the Aldobrandeschi and then by the Sforza of Santa Fiora; it has maintained its medieval line of walls. The hamlet of Cana has also an Aldobrandeschi-built line of walls from
24-553: The 13th century. Also notable is the Romanesque-Gothic church of Santi Pietro e Paolo (13th-14th centuries, modified in the 18th century). It has a large Gothic portal surmounted by a rose window . It houses some parts of a polyptych by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (c. 1340), a Pietà by Alessandro Casolani and a 15th-century small fresc of Madonna with Saints . [REDACTED] Media related to Roccalbegna at Wikimedia Commons This Province of Grosseto location article
30-499: The town of Marsiliana , it forms the dell'Albegna plain. The river flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea near the town of Albinia , bordered on the north by the tombolo of Giannella which combines Monte Argentario to the mainland. [REDACTED] Media related to Albegna at Wikimedia Commons This Province of Grosseto location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to
36-645: Was part of the Republic of Siena , until the latter's fall in the hands of the Medici , who sold the town to the County of Santa Fiora . In the 18th century it was returned to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany . The municipality is formed by the municipal seat of Roccalbegna and the villages ( frazioni ) of Cana , Santa Caterina , Triana and Vallerona . Roccalbegna is home to several notable fortifications, such as
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