Massa Marittima

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Comune di Massa Marittima
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Lucca (LU)
Mayor	Lidia Bai (since June 2004)
Elevation	380 m
Area	283.73 km²
Population
- Total (as of 2001)	8,779
- Density	31/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	43°03′00″N, 10°53′37″E
Gentilic	Massetani
Dialing code	0566
Postal code	58024
Frazioni	Prata, Tatti, Niccioleta, Valpiana
Patron	Saint Cerbone
- Day	October 10
Website: www.comune.massamarittima.gr.it

Massa Marittima is a town and commune of the province of Grosseto, southern Tuscany, Italy, 49 km NNW of the capital of Grosseto.

There are mineral springs, mines of iron, mercury, lignite and copper, with foundries, ironworks and olive-oil mills. At Follonica, on the coast, are the furnaces in which are smelted the iron ore of Elba.

Contents 1 History 2 Main sights 3 Notable people 4 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Main sights

Attractions include:

• The 13th century cathedral containing a Romanesque font (1267 with a cover of 1447) and a Gothic reliquary (1324) of Saint Cerbone, to whom the cathedral is dedicated. The battlemented municipal palace of the 13th century is picturesque.

[edit] Notable people

Massa Marittima was the birthplace, in 1380, of San Bernardino da Siena.

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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

[edit] External links

• Massa Marittima art pictures
• Massa Marittima in Tuscany: accommodations, vacation rentals, architecture, food, wine (English)