San Dalmazio | |
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![]() San Dalmazio | |
Coordinates:43°15′43.8″N10°55′34.2″E / 43.262167°N 10.926167°E /43.262167; 10.926167 | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Tuscany |
Province | Pisa (PI) |
Comune | Pomarance |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 135 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 56045 |
Dialing code | 0588 |
Website | http://www.comunepomarance.it/ |
San Dalmazio is afrazione of thecomune ofPomarance, inTuscany,Province of Pisa, incentral Italy.[1]
San Dalmazio was built around a castle of the 19th century, but the name of the community is known from historical documents dating to around 1040, as a village dependent on the monastery of San Pietro in Palazzuolo. In 1147 a monastery ofBenedictine nuns was founded on its territory; this was destroyed by fire in 1438.Pope Eugene IV granted indulgences to help the reconstruction of the monastery, but in 1511, the sisters moved toVolterra.
The village lost self-government in 1776 when it was absorbed byPomarance.
Bram Vermeulen, a famous Dutch singer, died in San Dalmazio because of a heart failure on 4 September 2004.