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| name                  = Zancona
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| image_skyline         = ZanconaArcidossoPanorama1.JPG
| image_caption         = View of Zancona
| coordinates           = {{coord|42|51|30|N|11|31|28|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}
| region                = {{flag|Tuscany}}
| province              = [[Province of Grosseto|Grosseto]] (GR)
| comune                = [[Arcidosso]]
| elevation_footnotes   =
| elevation_m           = 775
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| population_total      = 80
| population_as_of      = 2001
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| gentilic              = Zanconai
| saint                 =
| day                   =
| postal_code           = 58031
| area_code             = 0564
| website               =
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'''Zancona''' ({{IPA|it|dzaŋˈkoːna|lang}}) is a village in [[Tuscany]], central [[Italy]],  administratively a [[frazione]] of the [[comune]] of [[Arcidosso]], [[province of Grosseto]], in the area of [[Mount Amiata]]. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 80.<ref>{{in lang|it}} [http://dawinci.istat.it/MD/dawinciMD.jsp?a1=m0GG0c0I0&a2=mG0Y8048f8&n=1UH90007SN5&v=1UH07B07SN50000 Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001], [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]]</ref>
== Geography ==
Zancona is about 56&nbsp;km from [[Grosseto]] and 3&nbsp;km from [[Arcidosso]]. It is situated along the river of the same name, in the valley of [[Monte Labbro]].<ref>[[Emanuele Repetti]], «[http://www.archeogr.unisi.it/repetti/dbms/sk.php?id=2926 Zancona]», ''Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana'', 1833-1846.</ref> Zancona is included in the ''Monte Labbro'' Natural Reserve, which is known for its [[wildlife park]] (''Parco faunistico del Monte Amiata'').
=== Subdivisions ===
The village is composed by three wards: ''Chiesa'' (lower part), ''Piazza'' (centre) and ''Puscina'' (upper part).
The territory of Zancona includes also the village of [[Le Macchie]] and the hamlets of ''Case del Ponte'', ''Case Sallustri'', ''Giunco'', ''La Croce'', ''Le Case'', ''Mossa dei Cavalli'', ''Poggio Zancona'', ''Pratocupo'', ''Romitorio'', ''Rondinelli'', ''Torricella'', ''Vado di Capretto''.<ref name="Morganti">Carlo Morganti, Susanna Nanni, ''Itinerari a piedi nel comune di Arcidosso. Zaino in spalla alla scoperta del territorio'', Arcidosso, C&P Adver Effigi, 2008, pp. 47-49.</ref>
== Main sights ==
* Church of ''Sant'Anna'' (19th century), situated in the lower part of the village, it was built in the early 19th century and it is included in the [[parish]] of Arcidosso.<ref name="Morganti"/>
* Devotional crosses in ''Case del Ponte'' and ''La Croce'', placed by preacher [[Baldassarre Audiberti]] in the early 19th century.<ref name="Morganti"/>
== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{in lang|it}} [[Emanuele Repetti]], «[http://www.archeogr.unisi.it/repetti/dbms/sk.php?id=2926 Zancona]», ''Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana'', 1833–1846.
* Carlo Morganti, Susanna Nanni, ''Itinerari a piedi nel comune di Arcidosso. Zaino in spalla alla scoperta del territorio'', Arcidosso, C&P Adver Effigi, 2008, pp.&nbsp;47–49.
== See also ==
* [[Bagnoli, Arcidosso]]
* [[Le Macchie]]
* [[Montelaterone]]
* [[Salaiola]]
* [[San Lorenzo, Arcidosso]]
* [[Stribugliano]]
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{{Villages of the Province of Grosseto|nocat=yes}}
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[[Category:Frazioni of Arcidosso]]