| Comune di Grosseto |
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 Italy | | Region | Tuscany | | Province | Grosseto (GR) | | Mayor | Emilio Bonifazi (since May 29, 2006) | | | | Elevation | 10 m | | Area | 474,46 km² | | Population | | | - Total (as of March 2006) | 77,057 | | - Density | 162/km² | | Time zone | CET, UTC+1 | | Coordinates | 42°46′N 11°06′E | | Gentilic | Grossetani | | Dialing code | 0564 | | Postal code | 58100 | | Frazioni | Marina di Grosseto, Principina a Mare, Montepescali, Braccagni, Istia d'Ombrone, Batignano, Alberese | | Patron | St. Lawrence | | - Day | August 10 | Location of Grosseto in Italy | | Website: www.comune.grosseto.it | Grosseto is a town and comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies at 12 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvional plain, at the Ombrone river. Image File history File links Grosseto-Stemma. ...
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The Maremma Coast, seen from the Old Town of Castiglione della Pescaia The Maremma is an area in Italy, consisting of part of southern Tuscany (and partly coincident with province of Grosseto area) and some part of northern Latium (a bordering region of the province of Viterbo). ...
 Aerial photo of Grosseto. Of the some 75,000 inhabitants of the commune listed in the census statistics, grossly 60,000 live in the city proper: the remaining are distributed in several frazioni, including Marina di Grosseto, the biggest one, Roselle (cfr. infra), Principina a Mare, Montepescali, Braccagni, Istia d'Ombrone, Batignano and Alberese. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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History The origins of Grosseto trace back to the High Middle Ages. It is first mentioned in 803 as a fief of the Counts Aldobrandeschi, in a document stating the assignment of the church of St. George to Ildebrando degli Aldobrandeschi, whose successor where counts of the Grossetana Mark until the end of the 12th century. It grew in importance with years, owing to the decay of Rusellæ (cfr. infra) and Vetulonia. Grosseto was one of the principal Etruscan cities. In 1137 the city was sieged by German troops led by duke Henry X of Bavaria, send by the emperor Lothair III to reinstate his authority over the Aldobrandeschi. The year later the bishopric of Roselle was transferred in Grosseto. The cathedral Notre Dame de Paris, a significant architectural contribution of the High Middle Ages. ...
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In 1151 the citizens swore loyalty to Siena. When in 1222 the Aldobrandeschi gave the Grossetani the right to have a podestà of their own, together with three councellors and the consuls. In 1244, the city passed again to Siena, together with all the Aldobrandeschi's imperial privileges as the Sienese captured it and were legally invested with it by the imperial vicar; thus Grosseto shared the fortuned of Siena. It became an important stronghold, and the fortress (rocca), the walls and bastions are still to be seen. In 1266 and in 1355, it sought freedom from the overlordship of Siena, but in vain. While Guelph and Ghibelline parties struggled within the city, Umberto and Aldobrandino Aldobrandeschi tried to regain to their family Grosseto. The Senese armies were however victorious, and in 1259 they named a podestà from their city. But Grosseto freed and the year later fought alongside with Florence in the Battle of Montaperti. The following decades saw Grosseto again occupied, ravaged, excommunicated by Pope Clement IV, again free under a republic led by Maria Scozia Tolomei, sieged by emperor Louis IV (1328) and by the antipope Nicholas V in 1336, until it definitively submitted to the most powerful Siena. Events Ghazni is burned by the princes of Ghur Geoffrey of Anjou dies, and succeeded by his son Henry, aged 18. ...
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The pestilence of 1348 struck hard against Grosseto, whose population in 1369 had reduced to some a hundred of familiar nuclei. Its territory, moreover, was frequently ravaged, as in 1447 by Alfons V of Sicily and in 1455 by Jacopo Piccinino. April 7 - Charles University is founded in Prague. ...
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The Sienese rule ended in 1559, when Charles V handed over the whole duchy to Cosimo I de Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany. In 1574 the construction of a line of walls was begun, which is still today well preserved, while the surrounding plain was dried. Grosseto, however, remained a second rate town, with only 700 inhabitants at the beginning of the 18th century. January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ...
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Under the rule of the House of Lorraine, Grosseto reflourished. It was given the title of capital of the new Maremma province.
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The Medicean Walls The building of a new line of walls by Francesco I de Medici in 1574, in substitution of the older ones dating from the 12th-14th centuries, according to his program of making Grosseto a fortress to protect his southern border. The design was by Baldassarre Lanci, and the construction was completed 19 years later, under Grand Duke Ferdinand I. Until 1757 the exterior part was surrounded by a ditch with an earth moat. There were two main gates: Porta Nuova on the North and Porta Reale (now Porta Vecchia) on the South. Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (25 March 1541 – 19 October 1587) was the second Grand Duke of Tuscany, ruling from 1574 to 1587. ...
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 The Cathedral of Grosseto. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1572x2096, 427 KB) Beschreibung Description: Kathedrale San Lorenzo in Grosseto (Toskana, Italien) - Cattedrale di Grosseto Source: selbst fotografiert - photograph taken by the author Date: 28. ...
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The Cathedral The Romanesque cathedral, the main moument of the city, is entitled to the patron St. Lawrence and was began at the end of the 13th century, by architect Sozzo Rustichini of Siena. Erected over the already existing church of Santa Maria Assunta, it was ended only in the course of the 15th century (mainly due to the unending struggles against Siena). (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...
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The façade of alternate layers of white and black marble appears of Romanesque style, but is almost entirely result of the 16th century and 1816-1855 restorations: of the originary buildings, it retains decorative parts including Evangelists' symbols. The plant is a Latin cross, with transept and apse. The interior has a nave with two aisles, parted by cruciform pilasters. The main artworks are a wondrously carved baptismal font from 1470-1474 and the Madonna delle Grazie by Matteo di Giovanni (1470). Romanesque St. ...
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Palazzo Aldobrandeschi Built in the Middle Ages, it was almost entirely rebuilt in the early 19th century. It is now a Neo-Gothic edifice with ogival mullioned windows, and merlons in the upper part of the walls. It houses the seat of the province of Grosseto.
Roselle Roselle, in Latin Rosellae, now a municipal frazione of Grosseto, was once the main city in the area. Of Etruscan origin, it was built over a hill that offered protection and commanded all the nearby valley. The extent of its dominion is not clear, but probably at its peak included the most part of Vetulonia territory. The city's splendour was ended forever in 294 BCE, when, according to Livy, the Roman Republic conquered it. After the end of the Roman Empire, in the 5th century CE, Roselle was still the most important centre of the area of what is now southern Tuscany. Its gradual abandon began in 1138, when the diocese seat was moved to Grosseto. Vetulonia, formerly called Vetulonium or Vatluna, was an ancient town of Etruria, Italy, the site of which is probably occupied by the modern village of Vetulonia, which up to 1887 bore the name of Colonna. ...
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In Roselle Etruscan ruins had been discovered. The ruins include cyclopean walls six kilometers in circumference, and sulphur baths, which in the last century were restored for medicinal uses. There was formerly an amphitheatre. Map showing the extent of the Etruscan civilization and the twelve Etruscan League cities. ...
Others - Church of San Francesco.
- Church of San Pietro, the most ancient in Grosseto.
- Medieval buildings in the frazioni of Batignano, Istia d'Ombrone and Montepescali.
- Granducal villa of Alberese, built by the Knights Hospitaller in the 15th century, and later used as residence by the Grand Dukes of Tuscany.
- Ruins of the Abbey of San Pancrazio al Fango, between Grosseto and Castiglione della Pescaia, in the the Natural Reserve of the Diaccia Batrona.
- Abbey of San Rabano, also in ruins, located in the Parco Nazionale della Maremma. Originally belonging to the Benedictines, it was later a possession of the Knights Hospitaller.
Unofficial Medici Rulers of Florence, 1434_1531 Cosimo de Medici 1434_1464 Piero I de Medici 1464-1469 (The Gouty) Lorenzo I de Medici 1469-1492 (The Magnificent) Giuliano de Medici 1469-1478 Piero II de Medici 1492-1494 Republic restored 1494-1512 Cardinal Giovanni de Medici 1512_1513 Lorenzo II de Medici...
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Castiglione della Pescaia is a seaside town built upon a hill. ...
See also The Roman catholic diocese of Grosseto is Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Italy, a suffragan of the archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val dElsa-Montalcino, in Tuscany. ...
Sources and external links - This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
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