What is Grosseto?
[[File:Grosseto Palazzo Comunale.JPG|thumb|The Palazzo Comunale in Grosseto]] [[Image:Grosseto-Bandiera.svg|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[Image:Grosseto-Stemma.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Grosseto''' is a [[city]] in the central [[Italy|Italian]] [[regions of Italy|region]] of [[Tuscany]]. It is the [[capital (city)|capital]] of the [[Provinces of Tuscany|Province]] of [[Grosseto (province)|Grosseto]]. The city is 12[[kilometre|km]] from the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]]. It is in the [[Maremma]] near the [[Ombrone river]]. Grosseto has 80,742 people. It is a medium city but the province is the largest of the Tuscany. It's very comfortable because there is the sea near it. == History == Grosseto was one of the main [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]] cities. The city was under the control of the [[Aldobrandeschi]] family. In 1137, the city was captured by [[Germany|German]] [[military|soldiers]] under the control of [[Henry X, Duke of Bavaria|Duke Henry X]] of [[Bavaria]]. In 1151, the people of Grosseto agreed to be under the control of [[Siena]]. In 1222, the city returned to the Aldobrandeschi. When Siena captured the lands of the Aldobrandeschi in 1244, Grosseto was under their control again. The city tried to free itself in 1266 and 1355 but failed. Sienese control of the Grosseto lasted until 1559 when [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] gave control of the city to the [[Medici]]. It then became part of the [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]]. == Important sites == [[File:Cattedrale di Grosseto.jpg|thumb|The Cathedral of Grosseto]] * The Medicean Walls: Built by [[Medici|Francesco I de Medici]] in 1547. These walls replaced earlier walls built in the [[12th century|12th]] through [[14th century]]. * The Cathedral: A [[Ancient Rome|Romanesque]] [[cathedral]]. It is the main [[monument]] of the city. The Cathedral was built between the end of the [[13th century]] and the [[15th century]]. [[Construction]] was slow because of the fighting with Siena. * Palazzo Aldobrandeschi: Built in the [[Middle Ages]], this [[Neo-Gothic]