Musei di Maremma - Museum Network of the Province of Grosseto

Introduction the network The Musei della Maremma website is intended as a kind of compass, a guide for a cultural journey through an extraordinary land.

In Maremma, art can be admired in all its forms: from the most ancient, precious testimony of past centuries, to that of our own times, proof of this region's vitality; works shaped by humankind and formed by the awesome forces of nature.Practically every town in this province is home to at least one exhibition space.

And each [...]

Survey Tuscany Region Complete the survey of the Tuscany Region to help the museum network to provide a better service.

Museums

Castel del Piano

Vine and Wine Museum of Montenero d'Orcia The “Museo della Vite e del Vino di Montenero d'Orcia”, or “Vine and Wine Museum of Montenero d'Orcia”, is an [...]

Area archeologica di Roselle The ancient town of Roselle rose on an elliptical highland which included two hills separated by a central valley. Apart from some remains of [...]

Documentation Centre of the Etruscan Territory The documentation centre was founded in 2009 with the aim of disseminating the results of excavations in the area of Poggiotondo, in the valley [...]

Monte Argentario

Permanent Exhibitions of the Spanish Fortress: Submerged Memories and Shipwrights The Fortezza Spagnola, or “Spanish Fortress”, overlooks the old town and was a military building constructed in the early seventeenth century [...]

Mineral and Nature Park of Gavoranno The Mineral and Nature Park of Gavorrano was established in July 2003 to redevelop and re-qualify marks left in the landscape by mining. As of [...]

Castiglione della Pescaia

Red House of Ximenes Multimedial Museum La Casa Rossa Ximenes, or Red House of Ximenes, was built by Jesuit engineer Leonardo Ximenes in 1765-68 as part of the reclamation of the marshland [...]

Riccardo Francovich Territorial Documentary Centre The Documentary Centre exhibits archaeological materials that illustrate various ages in the area of Rocca di Scarlino from the Bronze Age to [...]

Civic Gallery On the first floor of the Pinacoteca Civica, or Civic Gallery, are permanent collections (temporarily closed) of works by painters from the Follonica [...]

Attractions

Massa Marittima

The town walls The most ancient part of the walls was presumably built by the Massetani in the XII-XIII century. Between the XIII and XIV century, the circuit [...]

Piazza Dante The sculptural group represents the positive effects of politics on the Maremma and the gratitude of its inhabitants. Grand Duke Leopold II [...]

Padule di Scarlino The wetland of the Padule di Scarlino is a mix of salt water and fresh water, a relict of what was once a typical landscape of the Maremma. [...]

The Fortress and the Cassero The Fortress, which occupies one of the bastions with fortifications also in its inner part overlooking the city centre, contains the main part [...]

Massa Marittima

The Sienese Fortress The Fortress stands in the town centre and was built in 1335-1337 by the Sienese, who integrated the ancient Castello vescovile (Bishop’s [...]

The Coast of Scarlino The protected area of the Scarlino Coast encompasses rocky bays of rare beauty set like gems in the monumental green of the Mediterranean scrub. [...]

Church of San Francesco - Grosseto The church of San Francesco was originally a Benedictine Church dedicated to San Fortunato. In 1289 the Church was consigned to the Franciscans, [...]

Massa Marittima

Church and Cloister of Sant'Agostino The construction of the Church of Sant'Agostino was initiated in 1299 by the Augustinians, who had permanently settled in the town. [...]

Paths

Via della Castagna Type of itinerary: Walking route Distance: Around 2 Km Time: Around 2 hours Height difference: 250 m. climb Grading: Moderate Description: The [...]

Massa Marittima

Massa Marittima tour Tour type Archaeological-cultural tour Type of itinerary: Walking route Distance: 2 km Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes Height difference: Descent Grading: Easy Description: Tour [...]

Via delle Fonti Type of itinerary: Walking route Distance: Around 1.5 Km Time: Around 1 hour Height difference: 200 m climb Grading: moderate Description: The [...]

Massa Marittima

Tour of the ancient village of Lake Accesa and the lakeside After parking in the village of Pesta, the tour runs along the Bruna river until you reach a wooden fence on the left: the starting point of [...]