Sorano

Sorano is a town and comune in the province of Grosseto, in southern Tuscany, Italy. It is an ancient medieval hill town perched on a tuff outcrop overlooking the Lente River.

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Sorano is a medieval hilltop town located in the province of Grosseto in southern Tuscany, Italy, built on a distinctive rock formation called tuff that overlooks the Lente River. The town is notable as a well-preserved example of ancient medieval architecture and settlement in the Italian countryside.

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Key facts

Italian comune.name: Sorano
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Sorano
Italian comune.image_skyline: Sorano_z01.jpg
Italian comune.image_shield: Sorano-Stemma.png
Italian comune.region: Tuscany
Italian comune.province: Grosseto (GR)
Italian comune.frazioni: Castell'Ottieri, Cerreto, Elmo, Montebuono, Montevitozzo, Montorio, San Giovanni delle Contee, San Quirico, San Valentino, Sovana
Italian comune.mayor: Pierandrea Vanni
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 174.56
Italian comune.population_total: 3091
Italian comune.population_as_of: 1 January 2022
Italian comune.population_demonym: Soranesi
Italian comune.elevation_m: 379
Italian comune.saint: St. Nicholas
Italian comune.day: December 6
Italian comune.postal_code: 58043

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Sorano is a town and comune in the province of Grosseto, in southern Tuscany, Italy. It is an ancient medieval hill town perched on a tuff outcrop overlooking the Lente River.

==History== thumb|220px|left|A view of Sorano Sorano was probably inhabited by the Villanovan culture, but the first historical records date to the 3rd century BC, when it was an Etruscan city under the influence of the nearby and more populous Sovana.

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