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Grosseto is a town in the central Italian region of Tuscany and is the capital of the Grosseto province. The city lies at 12 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvional plain. The origins of Grosseto trace back to the late Middle Ages. The Cathedral, the main moument of Grosseto, is entitled to the patron St. Lawrence and was began at the end of the 13th century, by architect Sozzo Rustichini. Roselle, now a Grosseto's fraction, was once the main city in the area. Of Etruscan origin, it was built over a hill that offered protection and commanded all the nearby valley. In Roselle Etruscan ruins had been discovered