Category: 5. History, Art and Culture

A few decades after the construction of Villa Cetinale  in 1716, there was the edification of a great and singular “Romitorio”(an isolated dwelling), situated almost on the summit of the steep hill overlooking the...

It is the castle that has come to us in the best conditions. The first news dates back to 1100. It underwent various renovations, which have made the castle lose many of its initial...

Situated along the course of the river Cecina, the village is known since the fourteenth century. Feud of the Counts Pannocchieschi of ELCI, assumed particular importance starting from 1572, when the Count Marcello di...

The religious complex arose in medieval times as a Benedictine monastery, almost certainly between the XI and XII centuries, not far from the pre-existing romitorio of the bird, located further downstream. In 1307 the...

The tower was built by the Lords of Piombino, the Appiani, around 1500, as a defensive tower to oversee the arrival of the minerals from the island of Elba.A Characteristic of the sea in...

The complex was built by Leonardo Ximenes in 1765,  and had the task of  draining the old Lake Prile, or Lake Castiglione, through an imposing engineering work of Funnel. The Ximenes was instructed to...

Domenico Tiburzi (called “Domenichino”) was the most famous brigand of the Maremma, which became a legend among the inhabitants of the province of Grosseto. He eliminated, in fact, many brigands who had distinguished themselves...

In the Museum of San Mamiliano there are objects found in the votive stipe situated at the entrance of the Via Cava called the cable: a score of ceramic artifacts depicting parts of the...

In Pitigliano there is a secret place that hides stone surprises. On a tuff spur that overlooks Pitigliano, there is a park built by an exponent of the family of the Orsini, house that...

The visit starts just over the parking lot, where the reception centre with the ticket office and a refreshment point is located. The museum is divided into two areas: the “City of the Living”...