Parco degli Etruschi
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The Etruscan house
The discovery of the Etruscan residential area in the Accesa archaeological site and of the Impluvium house in Roselle show the significantly...
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The Roman house
Vestibule, fauces, atrium, tablinum, peristyle: they’re all arranged along a visual axis allowing guests to look through the entire representative...
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The Etruscan town
Ghiaccioforte is a fortified town founded in 287 B.C.. Like Roselle, Vetulonia, Sovana, Pitigliano and Orbetello, Ghiaccioforte is a settlement dating...
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Medieval towns: Massa Marittima and Grosseto
In the mid 4th century, Fazio degli Uberti described Maremma in his Dittamondo (III, 9, vv. 28-51) as follows:
Guarda, mi disse, al... -
Roselle and Cosa
Rutilio Namaziano, De Reditu suo (V a.D.)
Cernimus antiquas nullo custode ruinas
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Living in a castle
Montemassi, Rocchette Pannocchieschi, Castel di Pietra, Scarlino, Sassoforte: these are some of the castles built in Maremma from the 10th century.
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Living in a cave
There are 180 caves dug among the tuff rocks of Vitozza. They are part of one of the largest rupestral settlement in Central Italy, inhabited from the...
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Living in a villa
Looking at the remains of a Roman villa, visitors can feel so many different emotions, envisaging the gardens, the porticos, the sumptuous decorations...