The females of this native breed have large lyre shaped horns, and the males have crescent shaped horns. Their coat of fur has grey streaks, and their frame is extraordinarily robust. This variety underwent its greatest development phase in the time between the two World Wars: even on Mount Amiata the quarrymen used the Maremma cattle to transport marble. When Italy underwent rapid land development (le bonifiche) and agriculture became more mechanised, the breed went into crisis, and even bordered on extinction.
The females of this native breed have large lyre shaped horns, and the males have crescent shaped horns. Their coat of fur has grey streaks, and their frame is extraordinarily robust. This variety underwent its greatest development phase in the time between the two World Wars: even on Mount Amiata the quarrymen used the Maremma cattle to transport marble. When Italy underwent rapid land development (le bonifiche) and agriculture became more mechanised, the breed went into crisis, and even bordered on extinction.