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GROSSETO , a See also:

TOWN

town and episcopal see of See also:

Tuscany, See also:

capital of the See also:

province of Grosseto, 90 M. S.S.E. of See also:

Pisa by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1901) 5856 (town), 8843 (See also:

commune). It is ,58 ft at;tvve ge'a ievtl,and is almost circular in shape; it is surrounded by fortifications, constructed by See also:

Francis I. (1574–1587) and See also:

Ferdinand I. (1587–1609), which See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form a hexagonal See also:

ENCEINTE (Lat. in, within, cinctus, girdled; to be distinguished from the word meaning " pregnant," from in, not, and cinctus, i.e. with girdle loosened)

enceinte with projecting bastions, with two See also:

GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates only. The small See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral, begun in 1294, is built of red and See also:

white See also:

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble alternating, in the See also:

ITALIAN

Italian See also:

GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

style; it was restored in 1855. The citadel was built in 1311 by the Sienese. Grosseto is on the See also:

main See also:

LINE

line from Pisa to See also:

Rome, and is also the starting-point (Montepescali, 8 m. to the N., is the exact point of divergence) of a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch line to See also:

ASCIANO

Asciano and See also:

SIENA

Siena. The town See also:

DATES

dates from the See also:

MIDDLE

middle ages. In 1138 the episcopal see was transferred thither from See also:

RUSELLAE

Rusellae.

In 1230 it, with the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the See also:

MAREMMA (a corruption of Marittima, " situated on the sea ")

Maremma, of which it is the capital, came under the dominion of Siena. By the See also:

peace of 1559, however, it passed to Cosimo I. of Tuscany. In 1745 the See also:

MALARIA

malaria had grown to such an extent, owing to the neglect of the drainage See also:

WORKS

works, that Grosseto had only 648 inhabitants, though in 1224 it had 3000 men who See also:

BORE

bore arms. See also:

LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold I. renewed drainage operations, and by 1836 the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population had risen to 2392. The malaria is not yet entirely conquered, however, and the See also:

OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official headquarters of the province are in summer transferred to Scansano (1837 ft.), 20 M. to the S.E. by road.

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