The Maremma (, ; from
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) is a coastal area of western central Italy, bordering the
Tyrrhenian Sea
The Tyrrhenian Sea (; it, Mar Tirreno , french: Mer Tyrrhénienne , sc, Mare Tirrenu, co, Mari Tirrenu, scn, Mari Tirrenu, nap, Mare Tirreno) is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenian pe ...
. It includes much of south-western
Tuscany
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and part of northern
Lazio
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. It was formerly mostly
marsh
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land, often
malarial, but was drained
by order of Ferdinando I de' Medici.
It was traditionally populated by the ''
butteri'', mounted cattle herders who rode horses fitted with one of two distinctive styles of saddle, the ''scafarda'' and the ''bardella''.
Geography
The Maremma has an area of about . The central part corresponds approximately with the
province of Grosseto
The province of Grosseto ( it, links=no, provincia di Grosseto) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Grosseto. As of 2013 the province had a total population of 225,098 people.
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, extending northward to the
Colline Metallifere
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and the slopes of
Monte Amiata, but the region extends northward from
Piombino
Piombino is an Italian town and '' comune'' of about 35,000 inhabitants in the province of Livorno ( Tuscany). It lies on the border between the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea, in front of Elba Island and at the northern side of Maremma.
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to the mouth of the , and southwards into Lazio as far as
Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia (; meaning "ancient town") is a city and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is located west-north-west of Rome. The harbour is formed by two pier ...
.
Animal breeds
The Maremma has given rise to, or given its name to, several breeds of domestic animal. These include two breeds of
working horse, the
Maremmano and the
Cavallo Romano della Maremma Laziale, formerly used by ''butteri'' and ''cavalcanti''; the
Maremmana breed of large grey cattle; the
Maremmano breed of shepherd's guard-dog; and the
Macchiaiola Maremmana breed of small pig, so named because it was kept
extensively, left to roam in the woodland.
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