Montorio, Sorano

Montorio
Montorio
Frazione
	The castle of Montorio
	Montorio Location of Montorio in Italy
	Coordinates: 42°44′30″N11°46′1″E / 42.74167°N 11.76694°E Coordinates: 42°44′30″N11°46′1″E / 42.74167°N 11.76694°E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Grosseto (GR)
Comune	Sorano
Elevation	483 m (1,585 ft)
Demonym(s)	Montoriesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	58010
Dialing code	(+39) 0564

Last updated May 07, 2021

Montorio is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Sorano, province of Grosseto, in the tuff area of southern Maremma.

Geography

Montorio is about 90 km from Grosseto and 10 km from Sorano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Sorano to Castell'Azzara.

History

It was included — along with Castell'Ottieri, San Giovanni delle Contee and the castle of Sopano — in the small County of Ottieri in the Middle Ages. The county was abolished in 1616.^[1]

Main sights

Santa Maria (19th century), main church of the village, it was built in the 19th century in the place of the ancient chapel of the castle. It is a typical Gothic Revival architecture.^[2]
Castle of Montorio (12th century), built by the Aldobrandeschi in the Middle Ages, it was then restructured by the Ottieri and then transformed into a fortified farmhouse after the annexation of the county in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.^[3]
Walls of Montorio, old fortifications which surround the village since the 12th century.^[3]

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References

↑ (in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «Montorio Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine », Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833-1846.
↑ Carlo Citter, Guida agli edifici sacri della Maremma, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 2002.
1 2 Giuseppe Guerrini, Torri e castelli della provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1999.

Bibliography

Aldo Mazzolai, Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura, Florence, Le Lettere, 1997.