Parco degli Etruschi
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Tuff landscapes: natural and human actions
Walking through a “via cava”, a footpath dug out of tuff rocks, covered in musk and lichen, observing entire towns built on tuffaceous spurs near...
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Diving into beauty: the sea villas
When planning and building a villa by the sea, the main features to look for in a possible location are: high and indented coasts, creeks offering...
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Land drainage
Old photos, paintings and literature help visitors understand the farming history of the plains South of Grosseto in the early 1950’s. To try and go...
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Between present and past morphology
The highest tip (“arx”) of the Roman town of Cosa offers a 360° panoramic view over one of the most suggestive landscapes in Southern Tuscany....
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Etruscan and Medieval exploitation of mineral fields
Copper, iron, silver and lead are all precious row materials abounding in the Metalliferous Hills area around Massa Marittima. These minerals are...
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Brigand tales
Impenetrable Mediterranean macchia and thick woods: these have always been, and still are, the main landscape features of Maremma during the decades...
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Farming techniques
A number of miniatures representing weapons and farming tools have been discovered in two votive storages buried near the Temple of Talamonaccio. They...
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Men and the environment in prehistorical times
Simple lithic objects dating back to the Neolithic age (4th millennium B.C. circa) can provide important information on the relation between men and...