๐ฎ๐น Massa Marittima is a town and comune of the province of Grosseto, southern Tuscany, Italy, 49ย km NNW of Grosseto.
There are mineral springs, mines of iron, mercury, lignite and copper, with foundries, ironworks and olive-oil mills. In Follonica, on the coast, there are furnaces where the iron ore of Elba is smelted.
Tourist Industry โข The 13th century Saint Cerbonius Cathedral (13th century). The church is in Romanesque-Pisane style, and is on the Latin cross plan, with a nave and two aisles divided by cruciform pilasters and cylindrical columns. The central portal has lion sculptures and five panels with stories of Saint Cerbonius, to whom the cathedral is dedicated. The rose window has a rare 14th century glass with the Redeemer in Glory and Histories of St. Cerbonius. The interior is home to a Romanesque font (1267 with a cover of 1447), a Gothic reliquary (1324) of Saint Cerbonius, a Maestร attributed to Duccio di Buoninsegna (1316) and 14th-century fresco under which is a Roman sarcophagus from the 4th century AD. โข The battlemented Palazzo Pretorio. It houses the Archaeological Museum, containing a work by Ambrogio Lorenzetti. โข The Cassero Senese (Sienese Fortress), built in the 13thโ14th centuries. โข Monteregio Castle, built by the Aldobrandeschi in the 9th century, later used as the bishops' residence. โข Church of St. Francis, founded, according to the tradition, by the saint himself in Gothic style. It houses an Assumption by Raffaello Vanni. โข Fonti dell'Abbondanza, of the 13th century, the end point of a water supply project. This palazzo features a unique fresco of a phallus tree, dubbed The Fertility Tree after its discovery in 2000. โข Church of St. Augustine (14th century), with a Renaissance cloister. โข Palazzo del Podestร . โข Palazzo delle Armi, in Renaissance style. โข Church of San Rocco (15th century). โข Native house of San Bernardino da Siena. In the frazione of Prata are a medieval castle with two towers and the Pieve of Santa Maria Assunta. The walled borough of Tatti includes the medieval church of San Sebastiano and another Cassero.
Massa Marittima has a population of over 8,286 people. Massa Marittima also forms part of the wider Grosseto Province which has a population of over 225,098 people. Massa Marittima is situated 49 km north-west of Grosseto.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Massa Marittima has links with:
๐ฎ๐น Bernalda, ItalyMassa Marittima is a member of the Cittaslow Network with: ๐น๐ท Gรถkรงeada ๐ฎ๐น Gravina in Puglia ๐ฐ๐ท Sangju ๐ฎ๐น Levanto ๐ฟ๐ฆ Sedgefield ๐จ๐ฆ Naramata ๐ฎ๐น Massa Marittima ๐ฐ๐ท Cheongsong County ๐ฎ๐น Caiazzo ๐ฐ๐ท Jeonju ๐ณ๐ด Sokndal ๐น๐ท Arapgir ๐ฉ๐ช Stollberg ๐น๐ท Gรผdรผl ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Berwick-upon-Tweed ๐ฆ๐น Horn ๐ฉ๐ช Waldkirch ๐ช๐ธ Rubielos de Mora ๐ฏ๐ต Shibukawa ๐ฎ๐น Abbiategrasso
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๐ฉ๐ช Landsberg am Lech 10.883
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๐ฎ๐น Montecatini Terme 10.783
Locations Near: Massa Marittima 10.8833,43.05
๐ฎ๐น Grosseto 11.1,42.767 d: 36.1
๐ฎ๐น Siena 11.329,43.321 d: 47
๐ฎ๐น Livorno 10.32,43.553 d: 72.1
๐ฎ๐น Florence 11.257,43.77 d: 85.5
๐ฎ๐น Pisa 10.4,43.717 d: 83.8
๐ฎ๐น Montecatini Terme 10.783,43.88 d: 92.6
๐ฎ๐น Sesto Fiorentino 11.2,43.833 d: 90.8
๐ฎ๐น Prato 11.1,43.882 d: 94.2
Antipodal to: Massa Marittima -169.117,-43.05
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๐ฆ๐ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16812.3
๐ผ๐ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16756.4
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