Musei di Maremma - Museum Network of the Province of Grosseto

Museums

Trail and Mining Tunnels of Cornacchino Thanks to financing from the “Committee for the Provisional Management of the Museum Park of the Mines of Mount Amiata” it was possible [...]

Archaeological Museum of Portus Scabris The Museum of Portus Scabris was established in 2009 to disseminate scientific data relating to underwater archaeological excavations conducted [...]

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 [...]

Museum of the ‘Focarazza’ of Saint Catherine This ethnographic collection of the celebration of the Fire of Saint Catherine is housed in the premises of a former blacksmith's forge. [...]

Museum of the Mercury Mines of Mount Amiata The museum is housed on the ground floor in the old Sforza-Cesarini palace. The exposition tour revolves around six rooms of which it is [...]

Monte Calvo: discovering bio and geo-diversity This route, accessible from the Gavorrano’s Gateway to the Park, is a SIR / SIC (Regional and European site fo Interest) no. 108 [...]

House Museum of Monticello Amiata The “Casa Museo di Monticello Amiata”, or “House Museum of Monticello Amiata”, is in a historic building of the old town [...]

Castel del Piano

Palazzo Nerucci Art Collection Palazzo Nerucci, a beautiful example of 16th sixteenth-century architecture, is located in the old part of Castel del Piano. On its first floor, [...]

Monuments and places

Massa Marittima

The Norma Parenti Garden The garden, designed by the landscape sculptress Maria Dompè, is called “Sol omnibus lucet” and is dedicated to the young [...]

Massa Marittima

Palazzo del Podestà The palace was built in 1225, when Massa Marittima was still a Free City. Within the travertine walls of the building, the podestà (the [...]

Massa Marittima

The complex of the Clarisse The complex of the Clarisse, which now houses the municipal library G. Badii and the Museum of the Risorgimento, was originally the convent of [...]

Massa Marittima

Parco della Rimembranza (Memorial Park) - Monument in memory of Giuseppe Garibaldi The Park was built in 1924 following the rules that imposed the construction of local memorial monuments to commemorate the fallen of the Great [...]

Massa Marittima

Former Church of San Pietro all’Orto The Church was firstly mentioned in written texts in 1247, as the municipality undertook to build the new parish church for the Civitate Nova [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Routes

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]