Piazza Manescalchi

Piazza Manescalchi is a square in Province of Grosseto, Grosseto, Tuscany. Piazza Manescalchi is situated near the city gate Porta Vecchia, as well as near Piazza del Sale.

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Type: Pedestrian zone
Description: square in Grosseto, Italy
Also known as: “Piazza dei Manescalchi”, “piazza Manescalchi”, “piazza Maniscalchi”, and “piazzetta Manescalchi”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Porta Vecchia and Cassero del Sale.

Porta Vecchia

City gate

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Porta Vecchia is the oldest city gate in the walls of Grosseto, located at the southern corner of the fortifications. Together with the Cassero Senese, it is one of the two surviving architectural elements from the 14th-century city walls, having endured the extensive reconstruction work carried out by the Medici in the late 16th century.

Cassero del Sale

Historic building

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The Cassero del Sale is a 13th-century building in Grosseto, Tuscany. It is located in Piazza del Mercato, also known as Piazza del Sale, and was built to store the salt collected from the wetland areas of the region.

Palazzo Aldobrandeschi

Historic building

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Palazzo Aldobrandeschi, or Palazzo della Provincia, is the seat of the provincial government of Grosseto, Italy, and it is located in Piazza Dante, the main square of the city. Palazzo Aldobrandeschi is situated 100 metres northwest of Piazza Manescalchi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grosseto and Porta Vecchia.

Grosseto

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Grosseto is a city and a comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, capital of the province of Grosseto. It is the most populous city of Maremma region and southern Tuscany.