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Grosseto (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 46 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.7667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 011 08 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 11.1333 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 32.808 feet |
10.0000 meters |
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Note: Located on low-lying Maremma coastal plain near Ombrone river; site was once in a shallow gulf, now the marshy desert Maremma; was plagued by malaria until the marsh was drained. The origins of the town can be traced back to the High Middle Ages; it is noted for 13th-cen. Gothic cathedral, fortified citadel & Etruscan museum, having artifacts from nearby Rusellae. |
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Tuscany (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of new kingdom of Italy from 1861 |
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Grosseto (inhabited place) (P) |
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was important medieval center, modern city grew after draining of adjacent Maremma swamps after 1930 |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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Rusellae .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Grosseto province) [7015413] |
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