Borgo Carige
Frazione in Tuscany, Italy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Borgo Carige is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Capalbio, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 229.[1]
Borgo Carige | |
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 Panorama of Borgo Carige | |
  Borgo Carige Location of Borgo Carige in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 42°25′30″N 11°25′5″E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region |  Tuscany |
| Province | Grosseto (GR) |
| Comune | Capalbio |
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 352 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 58011 |
| Dialing code | (+39) 0564 |
Borgo Carige is about 54 km from Grosseto and 5 km from Capalbio, and it is situated in the plain of southern Maremma between the hills of Capalbio and the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is located along the Via Aurelia highway which links Grosseto to Rome. The village is an important town born as a result of the Maremman Riforma agraria (land reform) in the 1950s.[2]
- Church of Cuore Immacolato (20th century), main parish church of the village, it was built in 1958 and designed by Riccardo Medici in a Neo-Romanesque style.[3][4]
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