Sorano

Sorano is a small medieval town with 3520 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Grosseto.

Geographical Location

The city is located in southern Tuscany in Italy, in the extreme east of the upper Maremma, on the slope of a tuff hill above the river Lente. How Pitigliano and Castell'Azzara it is one of the Tufa area ( città del tufo ).

The municipality consists of the following settlements: Castell'Ottieri, Cerreto, Elmo, Montebuono, Montorio, Montevitozzo, San Quirico, San Giovanni delle Contee, San Valentino and Sovana.

Neighboring municipalities are Acquapendente (VT), Castell'Azzara, Latera (VT), Manciano, Onano (VT), Pitigliano, Proceno (VT) and Semproniano. To the east of Sorano borders the province of Lazio. The distance to the provincial capital Grosseto is about 80 km. Rome is about 150 km, Siena and Florence is 100 km about 180 km away.

Demographics

Attractions

  • The Collegiate Church of San Niccolò was already mentioned in 1276.

Personalities

  • In the village of Sovana Hildebrand was born of Soana of the family of Aldobrandeschi, later Pope Gregory VII in 1020. He played a significant role in the Investiture Controversy ( Canossa ).
  • Angelo Comastri, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was born in 1943 in Sorano.

Gallery

Sorano, Old Town view with the facade of San Niccolò

Sorano, city gate

Sorano, Old Town

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