Category: 5. History, Art and Culture

Caldana

Main sights Church of San Biagio (16th century),is the main parish church of the village, is attributed to Renaissance architect Antonio da Sangallo the Elder. The bell tower was built in 1828. Inside the...

Batignano

Of uncertain origins, Batignano developed in the middle ages, around the castle which controlled the mouth of the road to Siena on the plain of Grosseto. It was a fief of the Aldobrandeschi and...

Roccastrada

Since the 5th century BC the territory was a mining center field from the nearby Etruscan cities of Vetulonia and Roselle. With the conquest of Roselle by the Romans in the 3rd century BC...

Rocca degli alberti

Some Archeological researches at the Rocca degli Alberti complex, conducted between 2005 and 2010 by Siena University, have brought to light a complex series of material activities, which began with an old village dedicated...

Cugnano Castle

The Cugnano Castle, archaeological site of great significance in the surroundings of Monterotondo Maritime, plays a key role in the history of the Metalliferous Hills territory. Cugnano has been classified differently during the various...

Paul Fuchs Sound Garden

The Garden  is an artistic park located in a rural area near Boccheggiano, in the municipal territory of Montieri (GR). The park-museum, which covers a collection of artist Paul Fuchs sculptures, made through the...

The Old Oil Mill

Dating from the late ‘700, shows the visitor a glimpse of rural culture of Maremma, which is a virtually untouched environment that has preserved the testimony of the ancient craft of oil processing, brought...

Tatti Walls

The Tatti Walls formed the defensive system of the village of Tatti, in the town of Massa Marittima. First fortifications were already in existence in the ninth century, but during the thirteenth century were...