Buttero

The Buttero is mounted shepherd of the Maremma, the Campagna Romana and the Pontine plain, regions of Tuscany and Lazio.

The Buttero normally rides the horse typical of the Maremma, a Maremma. His saddle is also a common only in the Maremma model that works without saddle tree.

Especially in Cisterna di Latina, which describes itself as Città dei butteri, the tradition of Italian cowboys is maintained and in May and October at the Merca - celebrated - a kind of rodeo.