Mount Argentario and the Maremma Silver Coast

Apr 12, 2021 428

The Maremma is an evocative land that overlooks the last stretch of the Tuscan sea and is immersed in the Uccellina Natural Park. The coast is called Costa d'Argento (literally Silver Coast) and goes from Talamone to Capalbio, bordering with Lazio. The Argentario promontory towers the Costa d'Argento and is connected to the coast by two strips of sand known as 'tomboli'.

The small town of Talamone

The small town of Talamone has very ancient origins and is now a fortified fishermen’ village dominated by the Aldobrandeschi Stronghold, built at the end of the thirteenth century. The fame of the town is due to Giuseppe Garibaldi's expedition: his Thousand stopped here on May 7th 1860, to restock weapons and ammunitions on their way to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

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