Grosseto (80,000 inhabitants (2008), 10 meters above sea level) is the most important town of the Maremma, lies at the heart of the vast flood plain of the river Ombrone a short distance from the sea. 

The historic town is surrounded by a hexagonal wall of the sixteenth century, but Grosseto originated as a castle already in the tenth century, when it was in the possession of Aldobrandeschi, in the fourteenth century it became the possession of the Republic of Siena, and then with the fall of the latter under the rule of Florence, Grosseto became the outpost of the Medici in Maremma, they, in the sixteenth century built the hexagonal walls and the Medicean Fortress that today we can admire. 

The city hosts an interesting archaeological museum with important imperial statues from nearby Roselle and a collection of sacred art. Among the religious buildings, most notably the Duomo dedicated to San Lorenzo and the church of San Francesco.

USEFUL INFORMATION:

Weekly market in Grosseto: Thursday
Weekly market, in Piazza Esperanto, Piazza de Maria, Via Ximenes, every Thursday from 8.00 to 13.30.

Tourist Information Office - Grosseto
Agenzia per il Turismo della Maremma
Viale Monterosa, 206 58100 Grosseto
Tel. 0564462611 Fax 0564454606 e-mail: info@lamaremma.info

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