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Selvena

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Selvena

Elevation694 m

Coordinates42.77°, 11.64°

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City facts

Elevation

694 m

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Overview

Selvena is a small hill-town, population 578, in southern Tuscany, Italy. It stands at an altitude of 658 metres above sea level some 5 kilometres west of Castell'Azzara; administratively it falls within the comune of Castell'Azzara.

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History & geography

History

The village dates back to the times of Etruscans and Romans, who exploited its important cinnabar mines. In the Middle Ages, the powerful Aldobrandeschi family (rulers of much of southern Tuscany) built here the massive Rocca Silvana (9th century), which saw an intense history of battles and sieges between the Aldobrandeschi, the Orsini and the Republic of Siena.

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Geography

Latitude

42.7686

Longitude

11.6433

Water area

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Notable people from here

Candido Amantini

Italian Roman Catholic religious, priest, theologian and exorcist (1914-1992)

Francesco Nasini

Francesco Nasini

Italian painter (1611-1695)

Laura Morante

Italian actress

Valerio Valeri

Catholic cardinal and apostolic nuncio (1883–1963)

Ernesto Balducci

Ernesto Balducci

Italian writer and priest (1922-1992)

Anna Maria Serafini

Anna Maria Serafini

Italian politician

Cipriano Vagaggini

Italian monk and theologian (1909-1999)

Italian painter (1921-2003)

Domenico Bassi

Italian educationist (1875–1940)

Domenico Bulgarini

Italian publisher and writer (1887-1966)

Franco Mugnai

Italian politician and lawyer (1953)

Giuseppe Fatini

Italian writer (1884-1963)

Italian writer (1842–1921)

Maurizio Boldrini

Italian journalist and writer

Italian philosopher (1943-2020)

Sergio Staino

Italian artist and film director (1940–2023)

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)

4.37

Annual solar (kWh/m²)

1,594

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Wikipedia views (last 30 days)

48

Avg daily Wikipedia views

2

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Obscure

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