{"id":124,"date":"2018-06-07T15:24:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T15:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/?page_id=124"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:45:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:45:49","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"HISTORY"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1332\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sorano-gariabldi-plaque.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1332 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sorano-gariabldi-plaque-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photography of Garibaldi Memorial Plaque in Sorano\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sorano-gariabldi-plaque-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sorano-gariabldi-plaque-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sorano-gariabldi-plaque-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sorano-gariabldi-plaque.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garibaldi Memorial Plaque in Sorano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sorano was probably inhabited by <em>Villanovan culture<\/em>, but the first historical mentions are relative to the 3rd century BC, when it was an <a href=\"https:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/etrusci\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Etruscan<\/a> city under the influence of the more populous nearby Sovana.<\/p>\n<p>Disappearing from history under the Roman domination, it is again known in 862 when a county was founded by <em>Emperor Louis II<\/em>, under the Aldobrandeschi suzerainty. The <em>Aldobrandeschi<\/em> were the most powerful feudataries of southern Tuscany for more than four centuries, disappearing in 1312 when Margherita, son of Ildibrandino, died without male heirs. His daughter Adelaide married to Romano di Gentile <em>Orsini<\/em>, who added the city to the family fiefs.<\/p>\n<p>The county of Pitigliano-Sorano fought against the <em>Republic of Siena<\/em>, but was forced to accept its suzerainty from 1417. It regained a full independence in 1556, when the latter was annexed to the <em>Duchy of Tuscany<\/em>. The fortress, due to its strategic position, was frequently attacked; it was also the seat of fratricidal fights between the Orsini. In 1604, with the death of Alessandro di Bertoldo, it became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.<\/p>\n<p>Sorano became part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/kingdom-of-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kingdom of Italy<\/a> in 1860.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorano was probably inhabited by Villanovan culture, but the first historical mentions are relative to the 3rd century BC, when<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-124","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1555,"href":"https:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124\/revisions\/1555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albenadraganova.com\/project-sorano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}