Manciano (GR)

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Comune di Manciano
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Province of Grosseto (GR)
Mayor	Rossano Galli
Elevation	444 m
Area	372.04 km²
Population
- Total (as of 2004-12-31)	7,207
- Density	19/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	42°35′20″N, 11°31′01″E
Gentilic	Mancianesi
Dialing code	0564
Postal code	58014
Frazioni	Montemerano, Saturnia, Poggio Murella, Poggio Capanne, S. Martino sul Fiora, Marsiliana
Patron	St. Leonard
- Day	November 6
Location of Manciano in Italy
Website: www.comune.manciano.gr.it

Manciano is an Italian town and comune in the southern part of the (Tuscan) province of Grosseto. It has a population of c. 7,000.

Manciano is 18 km (11 mi) SW of Pitigliano and 40 km (25 mi) NE of Orbetello.

[edit] History and main sights

Manciano was once a fairly important market town for the area of the Albegna and Fiora valleys, with a stronghold already recorded in the 12th century. A brief occupation by Siena (1419‑1455) left the town an imposing fortress built around 1424.

The most important site in the comune is Saturnia, an old Etruscan town with medieval walls, remains of a Roman road, and best known for its thermal springs dating to the Roman period and still in use today. The comune is further known to students of Late Antiquity as the place where the famous silver platter of Ardabur Aspar, consul in 434, was found (in the Fosso Castione, a creek near Marsiliana).