Sori ( lij, Söi) is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

Metropolitan City of Genoa The Metropolitan City of Genoa ( it, Città Metropolitana di Genova) is one of the fourteen Metropolitan cities of Italy, located in the region of Liguria. Its capital is the city of Genoa. It replaced the Province of Genoa. History It was first c ...

in the

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region

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, located about southeast of

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. Together with

Camogli Camogli (; lij, label= Genoese, Camoggi ) is a fishing village and tourist resort located on the west side of the peninsula of Portofino, on the Golfo Paradiso in the Riviera di Levante, in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, northern Italy. ...

Pieve Ligure Pieve Ligure ( lij, A Ceive, locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa. The ''pieve'' of St. Michael Archangel, from which the town takes its name, h ...

Bogliasco Bogliasco ( lij, Boggiasco) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa. Together with the ''comuni'' of Camogli, Recco, Pieve Ligure and Sori, it is part of t ...

, and

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, it is part of the so-called Golfo Paradiso in the

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. Its economy is based on tourism and production of olives. Sori - chiesa di Santa Margherita - facciata

The municipality of Sori contains the ''

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'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Canepa, Capreno, Lago, Levà, Polanesi, San Bartolomeo di Busonengo, Sant’Apollinare, Sussisa, and Teriasca. Sori borders the following municipalities: Avegno,

Bargagli Bargagli () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about northeast of Genoa in the Val di Lentro. Bargagli borders the following municipalities: Davagna, Genoa, Lumarzo, and Sori. ...

Lumarzo Lumarzo ( lij, Lumarso) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about east of Genoa. Lumarzo borders the following municipalities: Bargagli, Davagna, Neirone, Sori, Torriglia, Uscio ...

, and

Uscio Uscio ( lij, Aosci) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about east of Genoa. Uscio borders the following municipalities: Avegno, Lumarzo, Neirone, Sori, Tribogna Tribogna ( ...

History

According to some theories, Sori was founded by

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immigrants around the 7th century BC. Most likely, the small port was also used by the

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, although the first mention of the town dates to the early Middle Ages, when it was a possession of the

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; later, it was part of the

Republic of Genoa The Republic of Genoa ( lij, Repúbrica de Zêna ; it, Repubblica di Genova; la, Res Publica Ianuensis) was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the 11th century to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast. During the Lat ...

. In 1548, the town was sacked and ravaged by 1500 pirates from North Africa. After the French domination in 1815, Sori became part of the

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and, from 1861, was part of the unified Kingdom of Italy.

References

External links

Official website

Collection of images of Sori
Cities and towns in Liguria {{Liguria-geo-stub