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unusual facts about Grosseto


Maremma Regional Park

The Maremma Regional Park (Parco Regionale della Maremma), also known as Uccellina Park (Parco dell’Uccellina) covers a coastal area between Principina a Mare and Talamone near Grosseto, Magliano in Toscana and Orbetello, right up to the Livorno-Roma train line.


Andrea da Grosseto

In 1268 Andrea da Grosseto translated the Moral Treaties of Albertanus of Brescia from Latin into Italian vernacular.

Aurélie Kamga

Her personal best times are 7.48 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor), achieved in January 2006 in Mondeville; 11.57 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Niort; and 23.37 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Grosseto.

Boccheggiano

Boccheggiano is about 48 km from Grosseto and 8 km from Montieri, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Massa Marittima with Monticiano.

Casale di Pari

Casale di Pari is about 41 km from Grosseto and 10 km from Civitella Marittima, and it is situated on the slopes of the hill of Pari, near the Ombrone and Farma rivers.

Emanuele Formichetti

On 30 June 2010, at Italian Championships in Grosseto, held second place behind Andrew Howe, got the tenth best Italian benefit of all time with measuring 8.10 meters.

European route E78

In the first phase of the project, the E78 expressway will consist of an upgrade of the existing Grosseto - Siena road, then run to the A1 at Bettolle.

Follonica

The railway linking Reggio Calabria in the south and Turin in the north runs through the city, providing direct railway connections to the cities of Grosseto, Rome, Turin, Naples, Pisa and La Spezia, among others.

Frassine

Frassine is about 68 km from Grosseto and 10 km from Monterotondo Marittimo, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Monterotondo with Suvereto and Campiglia Marittima.

Gerfalco

Gerfalco is about 70 km from Grosseto and 7 km from Montieri, and it is situated in the Natural Reserve of Cornate and Fosini.

Giro della Provincia di Grosseto

Giro della Provincia di Grosseto is a three-day cycling race in the Province of Grosseto, Italy.

Giuseppe Bennati

Giuseppe Bennati (born in Pitigliano, Grosseto, 1921 – died in Milan, 26 September 2006) was an Italian film director and writer.

Marrucheti

Marrucheti is about 14 km from Grosseto and 12 km from Campagnatico, and it is situated on the ancient road between Campagnatico and Istia d'Ombrone.

Michael Vetter

In 1993 he moved his "school in the art of living", now renamed Accademia Capraia, to a location near Seggiano/Grosseto, Italy (Lasocki 2001).

Montegiovi

Montegiovi is about 50 km from Grosseto and 5 km from Castel del Piano, and it is situated on a hill in the western limit of Val d'Orcia.

Montelaterone

Montelaterone is about 52 km from Grosseto and 4 km from Arcidosso, and it is situated on a sandstone peak between the valleys of Ente and Zancona rivers.

Montiano, Magliano in Toscana

Montiano is about 18 km from Grosseto and 9 km from Magliano in Toscana, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links the two towns.

Ombrone Airfield

Ombrone Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, located approximately 5 km east-northeast of Grosseto, and about 150 km northwest of Rome.

Paolo Vietti-Violi

Among those national: Tor di Valle Racecourse, Capannelle Racecourse in Rome, Merano, Agnano, San Siro, Monza, Florence, Grosseto, Bologna and Rimini.

Pereta

Pereta is about 36 km from Grosseto and 9 km from Magliano in Toscana, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Magliano with Scansano.

Pescina, Seggiano

Pescina is about 62 km from Grosseto and 5 km from Seggiano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Seggiano to the top of Mount Amiata.

Pian d'Alma

Pian d'Alma is about 38 km from Grosseto, 17 km from Castiglione della Pescaia and 14 km from Scarlino, and it is situated in a plain, called padule Pian d'Alma, at the bottom of the hill of Poggio Ballone, near to the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Piloni

Piloni is about 45 km from Grosseto and 10 km from Roccastrada, and it is situated in the heart of La Pietra and Farma nature reserves.

Roccatederighi

Roccatederighi is a hilly medieval village situated about 35 km from Grosseto and 11 km from Roccastrada.

Roma San Pietro railway station

All regional trains bound for Bracciano, Cesano di Roma, Civitavecchia, Grosseto, Pisa Centrale, Roma Termini and Viterbo Porta Fiorentina stop at the station.

Salaiola

Montelaterone is about 55 km from Grosseto and 8 km from Arcidosso, and it is situated on the slopes of Mount Aquileia, one of the peaks of Mount Amiata.

San Lorenzo, Arcidosso

San Lorenzo is about 56 km from Grosseto and 2 km from Arcidosso, and it is situated between the towns of Arcidosso and Castel del Piano.

Sassofortino

Sassofortino is a hilly medieval village situated about 33 km from Grosseto and 8 km from Roccastrada.

Scarlino Scalo

Scarlino Scalo is about 39 km from Grosseto and 6 km from Scarlino, and it is situated in a plain at the bottom of the hill of Scarlino, near to the Aurelia Statal Road and along the Tirrenica railway line, which links Livorno and Pisa with Grosseto and Rome.

Stribugliano

Stribugliano is about 45 km from Grosseto and 18 km from Arcidosso, and it is situated on a peak of Monte Buceto above the valley of Melacce.

Terme di Saturnia

The springs that feed the baths, which are found in the south-eastern valley, cover a vast territory that stretches from Mount Amiata and the hills of Fiora and Albegna rivers to the Maremma grossetana at Roselle (Terme di Roselle) and Talamone (Terme dell'Osa).

Torniella

Torniella is about 46 km from Grosseto and 10 km from Roccastrada, and it is situated in the heart of La Pietra and Farma nature reserves.

Toscana virus

Toscana virus (TOSV) was first isolated in 1971 from Phlebotomus perniciosus and Phlebotomus perfiliewi in Monte Argentario (Grosseto, Tuscany).

Travale

Travale is about 60 km from Grosseto and 6 km from Montieri, and it is situated in the Natural Reserve of Cornate and Fosini.

U.S. Grosseto F.C.

The 2008–09 season started with higher expectations under new head coach Elio Gustinetti; the team started its season showing a very impressive form, but then a result crisis led Grosseto out of the promotion playoff zone, causing the dismissal of Gustinetti and his replacement with Ezio Rossi.


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