The archaeological site of Roselle in the Grosseto province of Tuscany was where the ancient Etruscan town of Etruria once stood.
It survived through the rule of the Roman Empire and even until the Middle Ages when it was abandoned by the remaining townsfolk in search of more habitual surroundings.
Stay in a beautiful villa rental in Grosseto where you can easily explore this wonderful Etruscan site nearby!
The well preserved site of Roselle is open for tourists to look around and learn all about its intriguing history. The foundations of these ancient buildings came to the surface during a series of extensive excavations in the 1950s by an archaeologist called Aldo Mazzolai.
It survived through the rule of the Roman Empire and even until the Middle Ages when it was abandoned by the remaining townsfolk in search of more habitual surroundings.
Stay in a beautiful villa rental in Grosseto where you can easily explore this wonderful Etruscan site nearby!
The well preserved site of Roselle is open for tourists to look around and learn all about its intriguing history. The foundations of these ancient buildings came to the surface during a series of extensive excavations in the 1950s by an archaeologist called Aldo Mazzolai.
The ruins are spread across two hills overlooking the town of Grosseto and the remains of a building surrounding hot springs can be found 3 kilometres southward where the townsfolk would have come to bathe.
See the intriguing walls still standing in parts around the Roselle archaeological sites. These Cyclopean walls were constructed by the Etruscan civilisation during the 6th and 7th centuries BC. It stretches around a perimeter of three kilometres and would have stood at a height of seven metres!
See the intriguing walls still standing in parts around the Roselle archaeological sites. These Cyclopean walls were constructed by the Etruscan civilisation during the 6th and 7th centuries BC. It stretches around a perimeter of three kilometres and would have stood at a height of seven metres!
A Roman amphitheatre stands on a hill north of Roselle that dates back to the 1st century AD. See the ruins of a Roman temple on the south side of Roselle archaeological site dedicated to Augustales.
There are some interesting signs set up all across this site to inform tourists of the building remains they’re standing in front of and what they would have been used for.
Come and see this historical gem for yourself on your next visit to the southern Grosseto province of Tuscany!
There are some interesting signs set up all across this site to inform tourists of the building remains they’re standing in front of and what they would have been used for.
Come and see this historical gem for yourself on your next visit to the southern Grosseto province of Tuscany!
Photo credits
picture 1: LepoRello / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 2: Attilios / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 3: LepoRello / CC BY-SA 3.0
picture 1: LepoRello / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 2: Attilios / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 3: LepoRello / CC BY-SA 3.0
