Cerreto, Sorano

Cerreto
The village
The village
Cerreto is located in Italy
Cerreto
Cerreto
Location of Cerreto in Italy
Coordinates: 42°40′51″N 11°44′25″E / 42.68083°N 11.74028°E / 42.68083; 11.74028
CountryItaly
Region Tuscany
ProvinceGrosseto (GR)
ComuneSorano
Elevation
467 m (1,532 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total16
DemonymCerretani
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
58010
Dialing code(+39) 0564

Cerreto is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Sorano, province of Grosseto, in the tuff area of southern Maremma. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 19.[1]

Cerreto is about 90 km from Grosseto and 4 km from Sorano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Sorano to San Quirico. The village is known for the Marian apparition that occurred to the young shepherdess Veronica Nucci in 1853. The sanctuary of Madonna Addolorata was built in 1846 as a place of pilgrimage.[2]

Cerreto is also known for its typical caciotta cheese, the pastorella ("shepherdess") of Cerreto.[3]

  1. ^ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Census 2001 Archived 2018-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Istat
  2. ^ (in Italian) Cerreto Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, Sorano official site.
  3. ^ (in Italian) Pastorella del cerreto Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, Sorano official site.