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The Medicean Walls

The walls were begun by Francesco I de Medici in 1574, replacing those from the 12th-14th centuries, as part of his policy of making Grosseto a stronghold to protect his southern border. The design was by Baldassarre Lanci, and the construction took 19 years, being completed under Grand Duke Ferdinand I. Until 1757 the exterior was surrounded by a ditch with an earthen moat. There were two main gates: Porta Nuova on the North and Porta Reale (now Porta Vecchia) on the South.The walls are now used as a public park and walking area.

Aldobrandeschi Palace

also known as the Palace of the Province, is one of the main buildings of the historic center of Grosseto.The building's main facade, facing west , overlooking the Piazza Dante and borders the east side, from which there is the entrance to Road Ricasoli that, going down slightly, leading to Piazza del Sale.A first building, built during the Middle Ages, was connected to the nearby fortress aldobrandesca near which there was also a church dedicated to St. George the church and the whole complex of the fortress over the centuries have disappeared giving way to the current buildings located between the southern side of Piazza Dante the formwork of the Salt and the southwestern side of the Medici Walls.With the abandonment and subsequent demolition of the fortress the palace became the residence of the town Aldobrandeschi.

Theatre degli Industri

is the main theater of Grosseto and its province.The building is located along Via Mazzini the road that runs parallel to the walls along the south-western and north-west.The origin is to look at that first show was built in 1819 by the local Academy of Industri.The hall was able to accommodate about 500 people from the audience surrounded by a porch and 36 stages of two orders.The building that houses the Teatro degli Industri on two levels presents the main facade covered with stucco with three doorways topped by arches and round arches 4 pilasters two that separate from the main gate and right side doors placed between two left and two gates each side and the respective ends of the facade: all 4 pilasters culminating in capitals that support in total 3 ears open lower end (one central and two lateral).In each of the three partitions of the main facade above each entrance door there is a shelf above ramp leading to the main rectangular window between the top of the three windows and gables summit masks and garlands are placed in stone.

Formwork of Sale

is an historic building in the historic center of Grosseto.The building overlooks the picturesque Piazza del Sale, on the side of the entrance to Road Ricasoli and the beginning of the parallel Via Mazzini.The building was built in the mid- fourteenth century, in which stood the Church of San Giorgio, as a point of collection and distribution of salt that was mined along the coast. It seems that right from the eighth century to take place the extraction of salt from the brackish waters of ancient Lake Prile (disappeared after the drainage works) and swampy area around the Tower of the trap, south of the town of Principina a Mare.The extraction of salt, which was held in the spring and summer, was favored by the mild climate with little rain and the shape of the coastline, during the Middle Ages, the production of salt became crucial for the city, so that the Sienese were able to exercise control over this activity very profitable from the first half of the fourteenth century.

Cathedral of Grosseto

is the Cathedral of Grosseto.The first house of worship, the church of Santa Maria was built at the site where today stands the cathedral. As a result, the complex was rebuilt between 1294 and 1302 by the Sienese Sozzo of Rustichino and then undergo further alterations in the Renaissance and Baroque and neo-medieval style eventually be rebuilt between 1840 and 1865.The tower was erected on the left side only in the northern 1402 while the staircase was built in 1611 it was remodeled transforming the windows arched mullioned windows and raised.There are walled sculptural fragments of the original Gothic decoration of the church.The facade was made ​​between the current 1840 and 1845 on the basis of the romantic taste of the matrix for the two-tone red and white (red marble Caldana ) and the Gothic style.Facing west, shows the lower part with three portals surmounted by a loggia with arches covered by a viable and string-course.The top center crowned by a pediment is occupied by a large rose window.

Palace Tognetti

is a multipurpose building for the course is situated between Carducci and Via Cairoli 3 to Grosseto.The building was constructed on behalf of the brothers Tognetti proprietary news agency, a design engineer Giuseppe Luciani in 1910.Considered one of the most decisive connotation of liberty within the building fabric city located in the historic center on the corner between Via Cairoli and the course Carducci former Corso Carlo Alberto the main town manager currently intensively busy pedestrian area on which promises with the short side.Is contiguous to the Palace of Civil Engineers built in the same year with similar connotations decorative derivation opens in front of the open space of the square Socci.

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