The archeological location of Roselle dominates the fields of Maremma from the top of the homonym hill Once upon a time a town of the Etruscan, Greek and Roman civilizations, the town was populated until Middle Age Since that time Rusellae has remained as it is now seen: a wilderness of rocks and thickets — the haunt of the fox and wild boar, of the serpent and lizard — visited by none but the herdsman or shepherd, who lies the live-long day stretched in vacancy on the sward, or turning a wondering gaze on the stupendous ruins around him, of whose origin and history he has not a conception (George Dennis)
