Tourism: medieval walls, the Duomo, museums and gateway to the Maremma
The regional tourism portal suggests in Grosseto the intact medieval walls, the Duomo di San Lorenzo, the Cassero senese, the Museo archeologico e d'arte della Maremma and the Polo culturale Le Clarisse; nearby the Parco naturale della Maremma and the ruins of Roselle.
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- Walls: a medieval circuit with a hexagonal perimeter of about 3 km, with Porta Vecchia and Porta Corsica.
- Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, in Piazza del Duomo: white and pink marble facade, 12th-century church, three naves and a marble baptismal font by Antonio Ghini.
- Cassero senese: one of the four bastions along the walls, built under Sienese rule and completed in 1345.
- Museums: Museo archeologico e d'arte della Maremma; Polo culturale Le Clarisse (Gianfranco Luzzetti collection, works from the 14th to the 19th century, and the Clarisse Arte exhibition space); Museo di storia naturale della Maremma.
- Nearby: Parco naturale della Maremma, about 9,000 hectares between Principina a Mare and Talamone; the ruins of Roselle, about 10 km to the north, described as the most important archaeological site in the Maremma.
Events
The page lists among events the Game Fair, an annual three-day event on hunting traditions, sport shooting, horse riding and dog events; the Notte di San Lorenzo, a procession through the historic centre led by a cart pulled by Maremma oxen from Alberese and followed by butteri on horseback; and, in August, Festambiente.
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Updated: 2026-10-20
Reviewed: 10/23/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-10-31
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