Already inhabited during the Villanovan era (1000-800 B.C.), after the magnificent Etruscan age that lasted from the 8th to the 3rd centuries B.C., the central-southern Tyhrrenian coast of Tuscany experienced the Roman expansionist phase. Although on the margins of the Middle Ages, it nonetheless lived through the battles between the various local potentates, until it passed under the control of Siena and, starting from the 16th century, became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, in a different kind of union, from whence its destiny followed.

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  “I knew Maremma was ill”: land reclamation in Maremma

  Land reclamation involved the whole of Maremma for a long time, leaving behind plenty of landmarks: the Consortium building, the tax, Mussolini...

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  Roselle’s bath in the nineteenth century

  An engraving in copper by Antonio Terreni, entitled Veduta degli avanzi di Roselle (View of the remains of Roselle),...

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  From the Middle Ages to the Medici and the Lorraine families

  The scenario of Maremma at the end of the sixth century finds the territory already Christianised, and organised around the seats of the bishops in...

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  The Etruscans

  In the heart of Maremma, in the centre of Etruria, important urban centres had already emerged in the orientation period (VIII – VII century B.C.)....

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  The Franciscans in Maremma

  As a mendicant order of friars the Franciscans worked among the people that lived in the streets of the city, and among those who found themselves at...

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  The veneration of San Guglielmo of Malavalle and the Order of the "Guglielmiti"

  The veneration of San Guglielmo (St. William) of Malavalle is wide-spread in Maremma, mainly in the areas where the Saint lived his life:...

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  Monasticism in Maremma

  A rugged and marshy land, away from the most trodden routes of communication and only marginally touched by the routes of pilgrimage, the Maremma drew...

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  The coastal defense system

  The need to control the stretch of sea facing the conquered lands was recognised ever since the first ships sailed the seas. It was necessary to know...

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  Rutilio Namaziano’s travels

  Rutilio Namaziano belonged to an aristocratic, landowning family in Gaul and his estates must have been in Narbonese. Subsequently, he settled in...

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  Modern Times. The myth of the Maremma between 19th and 20th centuries

  The bitter and treacherous land of Maremma, a heavy burden of sufferance for its inhabitants, is today a distant memory, which only survives in the...

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