Rocca d’Orcia
Rocca d'Orcia is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castiglione d'Orcia, province of Siena. At the time of the 2001 census its population was 47.Places of Interest
Highlights include San Sebastiano and San Simeone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bagno Vignoni and Ripa d’Orcia.
Bagno Vignoni
Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bagno Vignoni, is a village in the commune of San Quirico d'Orcia, 45 km to the south of Siena. Whilst the buildings in this small centre date from the mediaeval period, the first settlement in the area was during the time of the Etruscans and ancient Romans, as attested by numerous archaeological finds.
Ripa d’Orcia
Hamlet
Photo: LigaDue, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ripa d’Orcia is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km west of Rocca d’Orcia.
San Quirico d’Orcia
Photo: LigaDue, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Quirico d’Orcia, named after Saint Quiricus, is based in the Val d'Orcia natural park at the northern edge of Val d'Orcia area in southern Tuscany.
Rocca d’Orcia
- Type: Quarter with 47 residents
- Description: hamlet of Castiglione d’Orcia
- Categories: frazione and locality
- Location: Castiglione d’Orcia, Val d’Orcia, Siena, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
43.01138° or 43° 0′ 41″ northLongitude
11.61414° or 11° 36′ 51″ eastPopulation
47Elevation
515 metres (1,690 feet)Open location code
8FMH2J67+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 4281266170OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
8963471Wikidata ID
Q2795287
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Turkish—“Rocca d’Orcia” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Рока д’Орча (Сьена)”
- Chechen: “Рока д’Орча”
- Dutch: “Rocca d’Orcia”
- French: “Rocca d’Orcia”
- German: “Rocca d’Orcia”
- Hungarian: “Rocca d’Orcia”
- Italian: “Rocca d’Orcia”
- Serbian: “Rocca d’Orcia”
- Serbian: “Рока д’Орча”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rocca d’Orcia, Siena”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rocca d’Orcia”
- Spanish: “Rocca d’Orcia”
- Tatar: “Рока д’Орча (Сьена)”
- Tatar: “Рока д’Орча”
- Turkish: “Rocca d’Orcia”
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Highlights include Piazza Cisterna and Cisterna.
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