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Maremma
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (November 2022) |
Maremma | |
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 Area of Maremma | |
| Coordinates: 42°42′N 11°12′E / 42.70°N 11.20°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany northern Lazio |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,000 km2 (2,000 sq mi) |
The Maremma (/məˈrɛmə/, Italian: [maˈremma]; from Latin maritima, "maritime [land]") is a coastal region of western central Italy, bordering the Tyrrhenian Sea. It includes much of south-western Tuscany and part of northern Lazio. It was formerly mostly marshland, often malarial, but was drained by order of Ferdinando I de' Medici.
It was traditionally populated by the butteri, mounted cattle herders who rode horses fitted with one of two distinctive styles of saddle, the scafarda and the bardella.[citation needed]
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