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The territory is mainly identified with the Tuscan Maremma. The 130 km of coast, along which strands, pine-woods and stretches of superb cliffs alternate, are interrupted by numerous coves that give hospitality to tourist ports and wide and safe landing places: Scarlino, Punta Ala, Castiglione della Pescaia, Marina di Grosseto, Talamone, Porto S. Stefano, Porto Ercole, Cala Galera and those of Giglio and Giannutri Islands. These places together with Follonica and Principina a Mare achieved a high tourist development degree with good-level receptive and complementary structures, in an area that kept all its natural features untouched. The National Park of Maremma, Orbetello Lagoon, Burano Lake, Accesa Lake, the marsh area of Diaccia Botrona and the other numerous protected areas represent actual heavens for nature-lovers. The countryside - where the mounted hersdsmen on horseback following the herds of cattle can still be met - and the hilly area - once theater of raids of robbers - offer a higher and higher rural hospitality. Saturnia, Petriolo and Bagnolo di Monterotondo Marittimo (restructuring), known because of the warm thermal water are endowed with modern structures. Maremma owns a very interesting cultural and artistic heritage referred to a wide historical period of time. The numerous Etruscan traces found in the graves that are spread on the whole territory are kept in the archaeological museums of Grosseto, Massa Marittima and Vetulonia and in the archaeological areas of Sovana, Vetulonia and Roselle. The old towns of Cosa and Roselle refer back to the Roman period. Massa Marittima has many examples of medieval art that remind of the flourishing 13-century Commune; Pitigliano and Sorano are embellished by Renaissance monuments and they found their roots in the old tufa civilization. As regards the present-day art, we find the Giardino dei Tarocchi of Capalbio, one of the most impressive European monuments of environmental architecture. The coloured spring sailing manifestations and the autumn feasts of grapes, chestnut and oil, the safaris on horseback complete the already wide calendar of feasts and folklore. Many of them refer to past traditions and legends: among them, we underline the Balestro del Grifalco of Massa Marittima.

Petriolo.
Saturnia.