Casale Marittimo
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
From its hill above the Val di Cecina, twelve kilometres from the coast, Casale Marittimo looks over land the Etruscans settled around 700 BC. The Casa Nocera tombs yielded two stone statues among the oldest free-standing sculptures found in Italy, now in Florence. The village was later a castle of the Della Gherardesca counts, and the Arco Cancellieri still frames its Piazza del Popolo.
Highlights
- Piazza del Popolo, seen through the Arco Cancellieri
- The chapel of the Madonna delle Grazie and the church of Sant'Andrea
- The princely Casa Nocera tomb finds, shown in Cecina's archaeological museum
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Casale Marittimo (IT), Casale Marittimo (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 1,051
Things to see
- San Sebastiano (IT)
Events through the year
- Feast of Saint AndrewKnown locally as "il dìotto"
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Casale Marittimo). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Specialities of Tuscany
Typical of the region rather than of this village.
- PanzanellaDish
- PiciBread and pasta
Lardo di ColonnataPublic domainLardo di Colonnata (IT)Cured meat- FinocchionaCured meat
Adapted from Wikipedia (Tuscan cuisine, Cucina toscana). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
5 places to stay within 3 km
- B&Bs and guest houses 3
- Hotels 1
- Campsites 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Thermal spa: Piscina termale calidario · ~40 min by car
- Hot spring: Mofeta dei Borboi · ~43 min by car
- Hot spring: Pozzo Landa · ~45 min by car
- Hot spring: Terme di Casciana · ~55 min by car
- Hot spring: Sorgente il Palagio · ~58 min by car
- Thermal spa: Terme di Gambassi · ~1 h 06 by car
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Nearby member villages
- Montescudaio · 4.2 km
- Suvereto · 24 km
- Campiglia Marittima · 26 km
- Populonia · 36 km
- Montaione · 37 km