Pomonte, Scansano
Pomonte is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Scansano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 26.
Pomonte is about 40 km from Grosseto and 14 km from Scansano, and it is situated on the hills along the Amiatina Provincial Road.
Geography
Pomonte is a hamlet in the hilly inland of the Maremma, at the southern end of the municipality of Scansano. It lies on a plain along the right bank of the Albegna River, at an elevation of about 140 m, below the hill of Pomontaccio, which rises to 181 m.The hamlet is bordered to the east by the Fosso Mazzapiedi and to the west by the Fosso Sanguinaio, both about 8 km long. These streams originate in the hills of Poggioferro and flow into the Albegna slightly south of the village.
History
A first settlement in the area of Pomonte dates to 1577, when Mario Sforza completed the construction of the Villa Sforzesca within his hunting estate. In the 17th century, following the annexation of the County of Santa Fiora to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the villa passed to the grand dukes and was converted into an agricultural estate.In 1787, the Leopoldine reforms led to Pomonte's incorporation into the municipality of Scansano.
During the second half of the 20th century, the hamlet developed with the construction of a service center for the surrounding countryside as part of the Maremma land reform initiated in 1951. The modern village, designed by architect Carlo Boccianti, was built between the late 1950s and the 1960s.