Sorano is an ancient city that flourished in the Etruscan era. Given its position perched on a cliff and dug into the rock (like the nearby Pitigliano), Sorano is also known as the Matera of Tuscany with its rocky villages and charming pathways through the quarries, frequented since the Etruscan period.
Visiting it is like taking a journey through time: a typical and alluring village with all the houses leaning up against the rock, absorb the unique atmosphere in the picturesque alleys.
It's assumed that Sorano was initially inhabited by the Villanovan people, the first known civilization of the Iron Age. They were followed by the Etruscans and it later belonged to the Aldobrandeschi family who made it grow as a defensive village, fortifying it with ramparts and imposing itself as one of the most powerful fiefdoms of southern Tuscany for more than four centuries.
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