Οι καλύτεροι αστικοί περίπατοι στο Γκροσσέτο

Beach reduced to a few meters

Grosseto's city walls are worth a visit. A kind of circular park is located on the walls, and you can walk around the old town in a wonderful way.

The Cathedral of San Lorenzo, named after the patron saint of Grosseto, is the most important building in the city. As an inscription at the right end of the façade testifies, the cathedral was built starting from the end of the 13th century under the direction of Sozzo Rustichini, who also collaborated in the realization of the façade of the cathedral in Siena. The work, interrupted due to the war between Grosseto and Siena, was resumed around 1340. In the 16th century, a series of interventions were carried out under the Sienese architect Anton Maria Lari inside and on the façade, which was also significantly remodeled during the 19th century.

The church of San Francesco d'Assisi in Grosseto was originally dedicated to San Fortunato. In the 13th century it was given by the Benedictines to the Franciscans together with the adjacent cloister. The church, one of the most important in the city, has a sober façade with a portal characterized by a frescoed lunette, which in turn is surmounted and protected by a wooden tabernacle, above which there is a rose window. The interior consists of a single nave in Gothic-Franciscan style with a gable roof and houses various works of art, among which the famous Crucifix on a panel stands out, created towards the end of the 13th century by Duccio di Boninsegna. Inside there are also frescoes dating from between the 14th and 17th centuries. From the end of the 16th century, the construction of the Medici Walls - which form a promenade around the city of Grosseto - led to a reduction in the size of the Franciscan monastery attached to the church and a consequent reorganization of its spaces. The most important intervention in the building was the addition of the 17th-century chapel dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, with frescoes by Francesco Nasini, while in 1623 the bell tower was rebuilt, destroyed by lightning in 1917 and later rebuilt in style.

Built between the 13th and 14th centuries, Piazza Dante is the centre of Grosseto's old town. Also known as Piazza delle Catene (Square of the Chains), it often hosts concerts and cultural events. The square is home to the Cathedral of San Lorenzo. As an inscription on the façade attests, it was built at the end of the 13th century to plans by the Sienese architect Sozzo Rustichini. Inside you can admire the famous work of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary with Angels by Matteo di Giovanni (1470) and a wooden cross from the mid-15th century attributed to il Vecchietta. The square also features the 19th-century Palazzo Comunale (Town Hall), which houses the Town Council and the Municipal Administration, and the magnificent Palazzo Aldobrandeschi, also known as the Palazzo della Provincia (Provincial Palace). It was built in 1900 according to a design by the architect Lorenzo Porciatti in a neo-Gothic style inspired by the medieval architecture of Siena. In the middle of the square stands the Monumento a Canapone by Luigi Magi (1846): it depicts the Grand Duke Leopold II of Lorraine (smilingly called "Canapone" by the people of Grosseto) crushing the head of a snake, a symbol of the malaria that threatened the population of the Maremma region.

Porta Corsica is a gate in the south-western part of the city walls of Grosseto. Its name derives from the geographical reference point in that direction, beyond the sea, which the gate overlooks. It is located on the stretch of the city walls that connects the Cavallerizza bastion with the Molino a Vento bastion.

The church of San Pietro was built in the early Middle Ages as a plebeian station church along the Via Aurelia. In fact, the ancient Roman consular road crossed the city centre, following the current route of the Corso Carducci that connects Piazza Dante with Porta Nuova. The site of the church was at the northern end of the medieval old town, lying on the same axis at whose opposite southern end stood the lost church of St. George. Furthermore, the distance between these two churches along the north-south direction was identical to that between the church of San Michele and the church of Santa Lucia, both of which have disappeared, along the west-east axis. As stated in the bull of Pope Clement III. Mentioned in 1188, it seems to date originally from the 8th century, even if it underwent significant extensions between the 9th and 12th centuries and its current appearance is partly due to some restorations in the 17th and 18th centuries. The bell tower was built in 1625 in place of a pre-existing bell tower or to complete a work left unfinished over time. [ 1 ] Some restorations of the façade were carried out in 1911 by Lorenzo Porciatti, while in 1952 there were some rough interventions in the interior, which were then eliminated in the last cycle of restorations between 2004 and 2005 by the architect Alberto Vero

In the Tuscan town of Grosseto, there is a charming building in the historic district that immediately stands out from the surrounding buildings. The ground floor is clad in stone and the second and third floors have red brick walls and multi-colored accents - a beautiful, decorative building. This is the Palazzo Aldobrandeschi, which dates back to the Middle Ages and was built in the Gothic style. However, the facade may deceive you, as it is actually the Neo-Gothic style that you are looking at, as the palace was rebuilt in the 19th century, which was much needed as the building had fallen into disrepair over the decades. However, it is still a beautiful and fascinating building that anyone visiting Grosseto should take the time to admire. The original medieval structure was connected to the complex of the nearby Aldobrandeschi fortress and church dedicated to San Giorgio. Over time, both buildings were abandoned and subsequently destroyed. In the meantime, the palazzo became the local residence of the Aldobrandeschi family, who lived there in luxury for generations. The building later fell into disrepair, however. In the 19th century, it was decided that the palace should be demolished and reconstructed, incorporating part of the existing structure. Lorenzo Porciatti was the architect who led this project and it was officially inaugurated in 1903. He chose the neo-Gothic style for the building, clearly inspired by the Gothic public buildings in Siena. This is evident in the division of the spaces and the explicit use of formal and decorative elements, both inside and out, as well as in the materials chosen, such as travertine and brick. The main façade is asymmetrical and is divided into four visually striking sections, two of which are crowned with towers. Decorative elements include coats of arms with heraldic symbols, a finely carved balcony in the middle and at one end of the building, polychrome stone slabs, columns supporting the pointed arches of the windows and a crenellated attic made of brick and travertine, with the crenellations separated by simple openings.