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Sovana
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Sovana

Tuscany (Maremma) · Italy
I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Coordinates
42.65694, 11.64444
Population
122 (2011)
Elevation
291 m
Terrain
Tufa Plateau

Location

Sovana, a frazione of Sorano with barely more than a hundred residents, sits above an Etruscan necropolis carved into the surrounding tufa cliffs. Narrow via cave passages, cut directly into the rock, connect the area's Etruscan sites.

Etruscan necropolisMaremma
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Nearest airport
Grosseto Airport (closest by distance; Perugia also cited in some sources) 48 km
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Nearest station
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Suggested base
Pitigliano
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Staying nearby
Maremma countryside agriturismi
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