Orbetello
Sign in to saveOrbetello is a town and comune in the province of Grosseto (Tuscany), Italy. It is located about south of Grosseto, on the Lagoon of Orbetello, which is home to an important Natural Reserve.
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Orbetello is a town in Tuscany, Italy, situated on a lagoon in the province of Grosseto. The lagoon itself is notable for hosting an important natural reserve that makes the area ecologically significant.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Orbetello
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Orbetello
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- OrbetelloWindmill.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- The windmill on the lagoon of Orbetello.
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Orbetello-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.pushpin_map
- Italy#Italy Tuscany
- Italian comune.region
- Tuscany
- Italian comune.province
- Grosseto (GR)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Albinia, Ansedonia, Fonteblanda, Giannella, San Donato, Talamone
- Italian comune.mayor
- Andrea Casamenti
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 226.8
- Italian comune.population_total
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- ''Frazioni''
- List of mayors
- Main sights
- Notable people
- Transport
- Railway stations
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Orbetello is a town and comune in the province of Grosseto (Tuscany), Italy. It is located about south of Grosseto, on the Lagoon of Orbetello, which is home to an important Natural Reserve.
==History== thumb|left|200px|The main gate of Orbetello. thumb|right|250px|The blockade of Orbetello, 1646, engraving by Matthäus Merian Orbetello was an ancient Etruscan settlement, which in 280 BC passed under the control of the Romans, who had founded their colony of Cosa (near the modern Ansedonia).