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Delve into Sovana in Italy

Sovana in the region of Tuscany is a city in Italy - some 67 mi or ( 108 km ) North-West of Rome , the country's capital .

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Current time in Sovana is now 10:07 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Rome " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Urbino, San Valentino, Rome, Roccalbegna, and Prato. While being here, make sure to check out Urbino . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Sovana ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Driving through Pitigliano in Italy

1:31 min by Xavier Ashe
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Pitigliano was an Etruscan and Roman city and is sometimes identified with Vicus Torianu of the Longobard era. Reliable documentation goes back to 1061, the year in which Pope Noccolò II confirmed th ..

via cava senza nome

8:52 min by frattallone
Views: 2239 Rating: 5.00

via cava senza nome parallela alla via Cava di san Sebastiano nella necropoli etrusca nei dintorni di Sovana frazione di Sorano in provincia di Grosseto. ..


sorano festa di primavera

9:41 min by robfratini
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L'associazione Giovani Capaccioli ha organizzato con successo la prima festa di primavera e un particolare ringraziamento per la buona riuscita va alle donne che hanno cucinato EGREGIAMENTE. ..

QrTravel-Italia-Toscana-Scopriamo la Maremma-Le Citta del Tufo-Pitigliano

3:01 min by qrtravel
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Scopriamo la Maremma attraverso il nuovissimo sistema per tablet e smartphone QRTRAVEL che utilizza la tecnologia Qrcode. Grazie ad una semplice applicazione, è possibile visualizzare questo ed altri ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Sovana

Sovana is a small town in southern Tuscany, Italy, a frazione of Sorano, a comune in the province of Grosseto.

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Located at 42.65 11.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Castles in Italy, Cities and towns in Tuscany, Former countries on the Italian Peninsula, Frazioni of the Province of Grosseto

Vie Cave

The Vie Cave (in English excavated roads), also known in Italian as Cavoni, are an impressive road network linking an Etruscan necropolis and several settlements in the area between Sovana, Sorano and Pitigliano, consisting mainly of trenches excavated as nearly vertical cliffs in tuff, sometimes over twenty feet high, possibly serving as an effective defense system against invaders.

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Located at 42.65 11.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Etruscans

Statonia

Statonia was an ancient Etruscan city located in what is now southern Tuscany, central Italy. The ancient town was located south-west to the modern Pitigliano, in the area of Poggio Buco, not far from the localities of Corano and Poggio Formica, where several prehistoric tombs have been excavated. Its remains are on a tuff butte. According to archaeologists, Statonia's period of highest splendour would have been the 7th century BC.

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Located at 42.59 11.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Etruscan sites, Former populated places in Italy, History of Lazio

Vitozza

Vitozza is a cave settlement located near the village of San Quirico in the municipality of Sorano, in the province of Grosseto, southern Tuscany, which was inhabited from Etruscan times until the end of the 18th century.

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Located at 42.68 11.76 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Italy, History of Tuscany

Casone

Casone is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Pitigliano, province of Grosseto, in the tufa area of southern Maremma. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 130. Casone is about 80 km from Grosseto and 9 km from Pitigliano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Pitigliano to the province of Viterbo and Lazio.

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Located at 42.65 11.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Frazioni of the Province of Grosseto