Carlo Cassola (1917–1987), novelist, lived in Grosseto from 1948 to 1971 Lucio Corsi (1993), singer-songwriter Francesco Falaschi (1961), film director and screenwriter Francesco Falconi (1976), fantasy writer Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194-1250), lived in Grosseto in the winters of 1243, 1244, 1245 and 1246 Egisto Macchi (1928–1992), composer Elsa Martinelli (1935-2017), actress Francesco Mori (1975), painter Oreste Piccioni (1915–2002), physicist Luigi Pistilli (1929–1996), actor Quartiere Coffee (2004), reggae band Alessandra Sensini (1970), windsurfer, winner of four medals in the Olympic Games (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) International relations Twin towns – sister cities Grosseto is twinned with: Birkirkara, Malta Cottbus, Germany Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria Kashiwara, Japan Montreuil, France Narbonne, France Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France See also Diocese of Grosseto Andrea of Grosseto Sources and references External link Grosseto Catholic Encyclopedia article About Grosseto Coastal towns in Tuscany