Grosseto, a little Tuscan town on the Ombrone, near its mouth, 160 miles SE. of Leghorn by rail, with a fine cathedral and old fortifications. Pop. 3962. Much marsh land in the Maremma has been drained and rendered healthy and fertile.
Grosseto
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 430
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