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.
