Sovana
Sign in to saveSovana is a small town in southern Tuscany, Italy, a frazione of Sorano, a comune in the province of Grosseto. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Key facts
- Frazione.name
- Sovana
- Frazione.image_skyline
- Sovana z30.jpg
- Frazione.image_caption
- The main square in Sovana
- Frazione.province
- Grosseto (GR)
- Frazione.comune
- Sorano
- Frazione.elevation_m
- 291
- Frazione.population_total
- 122
- Frazione.population_as_of
- 2011
- Frazione.gentilic
- Sovanesi, Soanesi
- Frazione.postal_code
- 58010
- Frazione.area_code
- (+39) 0564
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Sovana
- Elevation
- 291
- Image
- Sovana, palazzetto dell'archivio 01.JPG
- Dialing code
- 0564
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- postal code
- 58010
- Commons category
- Sovana
- native label
- Sovana
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Sovana is a small town in southern Tuscany, Italy, a frazione of Sorano, a comune in the province of Grosseto. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
==History== Etruscan by origin, Sovana became a Roman municipium, and, from the 5th century, an episcopal see. Conquered by Lombards in 592–605, it was chosen as their administrative center in the area. Later, when Roselle was abandoned due to Saracen ravages, it became the centre of the county under the Aldobrandeschi family. In the Middle Ages it was known as Soana.
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