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). Image File history File links Maremma_Coast-Toskana-Italy. ... Image File history File links Maremma_Coast-Toskana-Italy. ... Castiglione della Pescaia is a seaside town built upon a hill. ... A flowered corn field in Tuscany. ... Grosseto (It. ... Latium (Lazio in Italian) is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Viterbo (It. ...

The poet Dante Alighieri in his Divina Commedia, identifies Maremma between Cecina and Corneto, the former name of Tarquinia. Dante in a fresco series of famous men by Andrea del Castagno, ca. ... In Spanish, cecina means meat that has been salted and dried by means of air, sun or smoke. The word comes either from the latin siccus (dry) or from the celtic ciercina related to modern Spanish cierzo or Northern wind. ... Tarquinia, formerly Corneto and in Antiquity Tarquinii, is an ancient city in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. ... Tarquinia, formerly Corneto and in Antiquity Tarquinii, is an ancient city in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. ...

Non han sì aspri sterpi nè sì folti

quelle fiere selvagge che 'n odio hanno

tra Cecina e Corneto i luoghi colti.

It was traditionally populated by the Butteri, cattle-breeders who used horses until recently, with a distinctive style of saddle. Once unhealthy because of the many marshes, Maremma was drained during the fascist regime and re-populated with people coming from other Italian regions, notably from Veneto. This article needs cleanup. ... Fascism (IPA: ) is a radical political ideology that combines elements of corporatism, authoritarianism, nationalism, militarism, anti-liberalism and anti-communism. ... Vèneto is one of the regions of Italy. ...

Provided with significant natural and environmental resources, Maremma is today one of the best tourist destinations in Italy, where ancient traditions have survived and Tuscan culture is preserved. It is being promoted as a destination for agritourism. Agritourism is a style of vacation in which hospitality is offered on farms. ...

The village Scansano lies within Maremma and is noted for Morellino di Scansano wine, which is vinted from Morellino grapes grown locally. Scansano is a town and comune, of medieval origin, in the Tuscan province of Grosseto, Italy. ... Morellino di Scansano is a red wine which comes from the area surrounding the village of Scansano, which lies in an arean called Maremma in the most southern part of Tuscany, Italy. ...

Montecucco and Monteregio are two other very popular D.O.C. wines produced in the Maremma.

Alta Maremma (Upper Maremma) is the northern part of the Maremma region, right on the border with the Province Siena. This interesting area is characterised by the many beautiful hilltop villages (Civitella Marittima, Roccastrada, Roccatederighi, Sassofortino, Monte Massi, Massa Marittima, Cinigiano, Campagnatico, Pari), which remind of the hilltop towns of the Siena area.

Landscapes

Rural Tuscany near San Gimignano

Fields of Tuscany

• Valdorcia
• Casentino
• Crete senesi
• Chianti
• Maremma
• Mugello region
• Val di Chiana
• Garfagnana
• Versilia

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1015 KB) Summary By fi:User:Alfred Dengan (10. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1015 KB) Summary By fi:User:Alfred Dengan (10. ... San Gimignano. ... Image File history File links Tuscany88. ... Image File history File links Tuscany88. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... The Casentino is the valley in which flows the river Arno in its first tract, till Subbiano. ... The Crete Senesi refers to an area of the Italian region of Tuscany to the south of Siena. ... Chianti is Italys most famous red wine. ... Mugello is a landscape north of Florence in northern Italy. ... Garfagnana is an historical region of Italy, today part of the province of Lucca in the Apennines, in northwest Tuscany, but before the unification of Italy it belonged to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio, ruled by the Este family. ... Versilia is a side of Tuscany north-west between provinces of Massa-Carrara and Lucca. ...

External links

• Grosseto and the Maremma
• Maremma : Accommodation in Maremma