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SORANO

Orsini Fortress

SORANO TRAVEL GUIDE
Area del Tufo, Grosseto

Sorano is located a short distance from Pitigliano and Sovana, in the extreme south of Tuscany in the area known as "the area of Tufi." 

Sorano is a beautiful medieval village set along the Lente river valley, in a landscape of strong suggestion, where are scattered dozens of tuffaceous spurs from the most varied and bizarre forms.

The village is dominated by the Orsini fortress, originally built in the fourteenth century but completely renovated in 1552, while at the center of the village lies the Leopoldino Sasso, a rock fortress, built in the eighteenth century, with the construction of a high wall and a square bastion. 

To visit the village should park your car in the area of the Orsini Fortress, from here, visit the fort and the museum, then with a beautiful paved road you will reach the historical city center where is the Sasso Leopoldino, from here you can cross the old ghetto full of picturesque alleys, arches, stairways, balconies, and wine cellars dug into the tuff. From here you can leave the village along the Porta dei Merli, and reach the river Lente, beyond which are many "vie cave". The "via cava" of S. Rocco goes up the other side, beside the ruins of the church of the same name (also accessible from the road to Sovana), behind which lies a vast necropolis with Etruscan tombs from where you have a beautiful view overlooking the town and the fortress of the Orsini. 

The visit continue to the Rocca degli Orsini (Orsini Fortress).

 

 

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Sorano, Grosseto
Sorano, Grosseto
Sorano, Grosseto
The roofs of the town from the fortress of the Orsini, Sorano, Grosseto
Sorano, Grosseto
The roofs of the town from the fortress of the Orsini, Sorano, Grosseto
View of town from the fortress of the Orsini, Sorano, Grosseto
View of town with Sasso Leopoldino from the fortress of the Orsini, Sorano, Grosseto
View of town from the fortress of the Orsini, Sorano, Grosseto
View of town with Sasso Leopoldino from the fortress of the Orsini, Sorano, Grosseto
The tufa rock surrounding Sorano, Grosseto
The Orsini Fortress, Sorano, Grosseto
The tufa rock surrounding Sorano, Grosseto
The Orsini Fortress, Sorano, Grosseto
The cavities in the tufa, Sorano, Grosseto
The entrance gate to the village, Sorano, Grosseto
The cavities in the tufa, Sorano, Grosseto
The entrance gate to the village, Sorano, Grosseto
 
 
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