Sorana is a village () in the municipality of
Pescia
Pescia () is an Italian city in the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy.
It is located in a central zone between the cities Lucca and Florence, on the banks of the river of the same name.
History
Archaeological excavations have suggest ...
in the
province of Pistoia
The province of Pistoia ( it, provincia di Pistoia) is a province in the Tuscany region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Pistoia and the province is landlocked. It has an area of and a total population of 291,788 inhabitants (as of 2 ...
in
Tuscany
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, Italy.
It lies along the on the slope of
Monte Petritulo in the foothills of the
Apennine Mountains about twelve kilometers from
Montecatini Terme
Montecatini Terme is an Italian municipality (''comune'') of c. 20,000 inhabitants in the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. It is the most important center in Valdinievole. The town is located at the eastern end of Piana di Lucca ...
.
In 1994, it had 300 inhabitants.
The area is known for its production of the
Sorana bean
The Sorana bean () is a type of cannellini bean grown near the Italian town of Sorana, along the in the Province of Pistoia in Tuscany. Cultivation is limited to an extremely small microclimate area with conditions considered excellent for grow ...
.
Sorana is one of the
Ten Castella in the local area known as the
Valleriana and nicknamed .
The other castelle are
Aramo,
Castelvecchio,
Fibbialla,
Medicina
Medicina ( Bolognese: ; Eastern Bolognese: ) is an Italian ''comune'' with c. 16,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, part of the region of Emilia-Romagna.
Name
The origins of its name (which in Italian means "medicine") are qui ...
,
Pietrabuona,
Pontito
Pontito is administratively a frazione of the comune of Pescia, in the Province of Pistoia, Tuscany.
Location and description
It is one of the localities called ''Dieci castella'' (Ten castles) of the Valleriana area, otherwise called ("Switzerla ...
,
San Quirico,
Stiappa, and
Vellano, plus an eleventh,
Lignana
Lignana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Vercelli.
Lignana borders the following municipalities: Crova, Desana, Ronsecco, Salasco ...
, which is in ruins.
The castella villages are built from
pietra serena
Pietra serena is a blue-gray sandstone used extensively in Renaissance Florence for architectural details. It is also known as Macigno stone. The material obtained at Fiesole is considered the best and is also quarried at Arezzo, Cortona, and Volt ...
stone.
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References
Province of Pistoia