GROSSETO
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Grosseto is situated in Southern Tuscany, about 12 km from
the sea in the Ombrone alluvional valley, it has 76000 inhabitants. The origins of
Grosseto can be traced to the High Middle Ages. In 803 A.D., there is the first written
evidence of a settlement "in loco Grossito", which by 973 A.D. had already
assumed the characteristics of a settlement with a church and a castrum. Grosseto stood on
a navigable stretch nearer to the mouth of the Ombrone River, and representing the main
river port along the Tyrrhenian coast between Pisa and Roma. In April 1138, following the
translation of the bishop's seat from the ancient Etruscan-Roman city of Roselle to
Grosseto, Grosseto formally acquired the rank of city. The official recognition of the
consular Municipality by the lords of the city (the Aldobrandeschi) dates back to 1204. In
1222, the Aldobrandeschi granted the inhabitants of Grosseto the power to name a captain
of the people (podestà).
| The years between 1334-1336 were that of Grosseto submission to
Siena. In the early decades of the 1500's, Grosseto represented one of the most important
military outpost of the Siena's State. Grosseto became part of the Florentine-Medici duchy
in July 1557. The Medici neglected the Grosseto territory. It was only under the Lorene,
thanks to Pietro Leopoldo, that the province of Grosseto was finaly separated from Siena.
In 1766 the Grand Duchy Peter Leopold entrusted to Leonardo
Ximenes the "physical reduction" of the swampy areas. The effects of land
reclamation were not decisive and the stagnation of the period during unification was the
result. During Fascism were resumed the tense Lorraine attempts to eliminate the swamp
with a system of reclaimed land. Numerous public buildings were built. |
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- Bibliography:
- Celuzza, Maria Grazia "The city of Grosseto in
the Middle Ages (IX-XV centuries)"
- Celuzza, Maria Grazia "The city of Grosseto in
the modern age"
Hotels and agriturisms in Grosseto
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| Palazzo delle Poste e Telegrafi by
Angiolo Mazzoni. Fascist architecture in Grosseto. |
| Neoclassical Palazzo del Governo,
Grosseto. |
| Walls of
the Fortezza Medicea, Grosseto. This fortress was decided to build in 1561, when
Cosimo I visited Grosseto. The construction was launched by Francesco I in 1574; the
design is by Baldassare Lanci. The work was completed 19 years later under Ferdinando I.
Repetti in his Dizionario Cartografico della Toscana opens the description Grosseto:
"Fortified city. Not very big. Strongly protected by its walls, six bastions and a
fortress; two doors only: one towards the terra firma, the other by which one can access
the sea". |
POGGIO DI MOSCONA |
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summit of the hill of Poggio di Moscona it's a large circular construction, called
"Tino di Moscona", this construction is in stone masonry, without openings, to
which can be approached through two openings of collapsed wall; in the inside traces of
other collapsed constructions and an underground vault room. |
| Poggio di Moscona, Roselle, Grosseto. |
| Poggio di Moscona, Roselle, Grosseto. |
| Landscape approching Grosseto from
Follonica. |
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