Province of Grosseto

Grosseto (It. Provincia di Grosseto) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Grosseto.

In the grid of the modern town you can find the old town centre surrounded by the green "Hexagon" of the ramparts which Francesco I renewed (1574). After the ravage of the Saracen in 935 the survivors from Roselle, an etruscan town, took shelter here, on the plain of Ombrone river a dozen of kilometres away from the sea. The fortune of the place followed the frequent alternation between land drainage and malaria which has been defeated in our century. Since 1336 Siena owned the town which surrendered to the Medicis only in 1559, after Montalcino. Grosseto is the chief town and market of "Tuscan Maremma", it is essentially based on agricolture. You can visit The Cathedral built at the end of 1200, the "Art and Archeological Museum", the Walls and the church of St.Francis, in the surroundings there is the Natural Park of Maremma and the Etruscan ruins of Roselle.see this link)

It has an area of 4,504 sq km, and a total population of 211,086 (2001). There are 28 communes in the province.

Other comunes of the province include Follonica, Orbetello and Massa Marittima.

The Natural Park of Maremma lies in the province.

In Monte Argentario all the classical music lovers have appointment in the prestigious CIMA Festival

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