Grosseto (It. Provincia di Grosseto) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Grosseto. In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Tuscany (Italian Toscana) is a region in central Italy, bordering on Latium to the south, Umbria to the east, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria to the north, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ... Grosseto is a town and comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Grosseto province, 42°46′ N 11°07′ E, on the Tyrrhenian Sea, at 10 m (33 ft) above sea-level, with 71,400 inhabitants as of the 2003 census. ...

In the grid of the modern town you can find the old town centre surrounded by the green "Hexagon" of the ramparts which Francesco I renewed (1574). After the ravage of the Saracen in 935 the survivors from Roselle, an etruscan town, took shelter here, on the plain of Ombrone river a dozen of kilometres away from the sea. The fortune of the place followed the frequent alternation between land drainage and malaria which has been defeated in our century. Since 1336 Siena owned the town which surrendered to the Medicis only in 1559, after Montalcino. Grosseto is the chief town and market of "Tuscan Maremma", it is essentially based on agricolture. You can visit The Cathedral built at the end of 1200, the "Art and Archeological Museum", the Walls and the church of St.Francis, in the surroundings there is the Natural Park of Maremma and the Etruscan ruins of Roselle.see this link)

It has an area of 4,504 sq km, and a total population of 211,086 (2001). There are 28 communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics Istat, see this link).

The Natural Park of Maremma lies in the province. 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). ...

In Monte Argentario all the classical music lovers have appointment in the prestigious CIMA Festival This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Concerti in Monte Argentario One of the most original classical music festivals. ...

External link

• Province homepage (in Italian)