Orbetello

Also known as Orbatello Comune, Orbatello, Italy, Orbatello, Grosseto, Orbetello (Italy)

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.

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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: 14744
Italian comune.population_as_of: 31 December 2017
Italian comune.population_demonym: Orbetellani
Italian comune.elevation_m: 3
Italian comune.saint: Saint Blaise
Italian comune.day: February 3
Italian comune.postal_code: 58010, 58015

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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).

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