Alberese Trip Overview
This experience will lead you to get to know the “Butteri” that is those who represent the symbol and soul of the Maremma with their legendary figure in an area made of marshes and scrub but also hills and sea where they took care of the herds of oxen and horses. A very curious historical anecdote was that dating back to 1890 when Buffalo Bill’s western-inspired circus “Wild West Show” came to Italy and launched the challenge to the butteri. The latter picked it up and, led by Augusto Imperiali, got the better of the Americans, consecrating them as worthy representatives in the world of wild and genuine Italy.
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Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Alberese, Italy
Trip Category: Shows, Concerts & Sports >> Theater, Shows & Musicals
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This experience will lead you to get to know the “Butteri” that is those who represent the symbol and soul of the Maremma with their legendary figure in an area made of marshes and scrub but also hills and sea where they took care of the herds of oxen and horses. A very curious historical anecdote was that dating back to 1890 when Buffalo Bill’s western-inspired circus “Wild West Show” came to Italy and launched the challenge to the butteri. The latter picked it up and, led by Augusto Imperiali, got the better of the Americans, consecrating them as worthy representatives in the world of wild and genuine Italy.
Visit: Il Bivacco, Strada del Molinaccio 10, 58100 Alberese, Grosseto Italy
The “butteri”, from the Latin “butoros” or “ox goader”, is a shepherd on horseback typical of the Tuscan and Lazio Maremma. This experience will lead you to get to know the typical Maremma animals in the farm re-proposed as the traditional nineteenth-century Maremma animals, including a bull of almost 9 quintals, about fifteen Maremma cows, a dozen horses and donkeys from Mount Amiata, roe deer, wild boars. of Cinta Senese breed, buffaloes, pigs and much more. The last exercise, in the “Tondino”, was the grip with the lasso, which the Butteri used when they had to medicate the animals. At the end of the exhibition we proceed with the delicious dinner with typical dishes and wine of the Maremma area: encore of first courses (often an excellent tomato soup), meat and sausage freshly prepared on the grill, with side dish and final dessert.
