Editing Sora, Lazio

{{short description|Italian comune in Lazio}}
{{use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Sora
| official_name       = Comune di Sora
| native_name         = 
| image_skyline       = Sora-Broccostella-Carnello.jpg
| imagesize           = 
| image_alt           = 
| image_caption       = Panoramic view
| image_shield        = Sora-Stemma.svg
| shield_alt          = 
| shield_size         = 
| image_map           = Map of comune of Sora (province of Frosinone, region Lazio, Italy).svg
| map_alt             = 
| map_caption         = Sora within the Province of Frosinone
| pushpin_label_position = 
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| coordinates         = {{coord|41|43|N|13|37|E|display=inline}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| region              = [[Lazio]]
| province            = [[Province of Frosinone|Frosinone]] (FR)
| mayor_party         = 
| mayor               = Luca Di Stefano  
| area_footnotes      = 
| area_total_km2      = 72.13
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url= https://demo.istat.it/app/?a=2024&i=D7B|title = Statistiche demografiche ISTAT}}</ref>
| population_total    = 24733
| population_as_of    = 31 December 2024
| pop_density_footnotes = 
| population_demonym  = Sorano
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m         = 300
| twin1               = 
| twin1_country       = 
|istat=| saint               = Santa Restituta
| day                 = May 27
| postal_code         = 03039
| area_code           = 0776
| website             = {{official website|http://www.comune.sora.fr.it/}}
| footnotes           = 
}}
'''Sora''' ({{IPA|it|ˈsɔːra}}) is a town and ''[[comune]]'' of [[Lazio]], Italy, in the [[province of Frosinone]]. It is built in a [[plain]] on the [[bank (geography)|banks]] of the [[Liri]]. This part of the [[valley]] is the seat of some important manufacturing, especially of paper mills. The area around Sora is famous for the costumes of its peasants.
[[File:Cattedrale di Sora.JPG|thumb|220px|Cathedral.]]
[[File:Sora - Palazzo di Giustizia (già Sottoprefettura).JPG|thumb|220px|Justice Palace]]
[[File:Abbazia-SanDomenico-Sora.jpg|thumb|220px|St. Dominic Abbey.]]

==History==
{{See also|Duchy of Sora}}
[[File:Inscription of Sora.png|thumb|left|The mysterious inscription of Sora.]]
Sora, an ancient [[Volsci]]an town, was thrice captured by the [[Roman Republic|Romans]], in 345, 314, and 305 BCE, before they managed, in 303, by means of a colony 4,000 strong, to confirm its annexation as a [[Latin colony]]. In 209, it was one of the colonies that refused further contributions to the war against [[Hannibal]]. By the ''[[lex Julia]]'', it became a [[municipium]], but under [[Augustus]], it was colonized by soldiers of the [[legio IV Sorana]], which had been mainly enrolled there. It belonged technically to ''[[Latium adiectum]]''.

[[Image:Sora di Francesco Vanni nel 1604.jpg|thumb|left|The city and the ducal palace in 1604]]
Located in the ''Ducatus Romanus'' under the authority of the pope during the early [[Dark Ages (historiography)|Dark Ages]], it was captured by the [[Lombards]] of [[Gisulf I of Benevento]] in 705.

The castle of ''Sorella'', built on the rocky height above the town, was in the [[Middle Ages]] a stronghold of some note. In 1229, during the [[War of the Keys]], it submitted to the [[Papacy]] and was then sacked by the [[Emperor Frederick II]], its inhabitants hanged. In 1443, King [[Alfonso V of Aragon|Alfonso of Naples]] made Sora the seat of an independent [[duchy of Sora|Duchy]]; it was afterwards seized by [[Pope Pius II]], but being restored to the Cantelmi by [[Pope Sixtus IV]], it ultimately passed to the duke [[Giovanni della Rovere]]. Against [[Cesare Borgia]], the city was heroically defended by [[Francesco Maria I della Rovere]]. It was purchased by [[Pope Gregory XIII]] for 11,000 ducats and bestowed under the suzerainty of Gregory's son, [[Giacomo Boncompagni]] (who was the first [[duke of Sora]] of the family).

==Geography==
The distance from Sora to centre of [[Rome]] is 115&nbsp;km; heading in the opposite direction, the downtown area of [[Naples]] is 138&nbsp;km from Sora.

The municipality, located next to [[Abruzzo]], borders with [[Arpino]], [[Balsorano]] ([[Province of L'Aquila|AQ]]), [[Broccostella]], [[Campoli Appennino]], [[Castelliri]], [[Isola del Liri]], [[Monte San Giovanni Campano]], [[Pescosolido]], and [[Veroli]].<ref>{{OSM|r|41487|Sora}}</ref>

==Main sights==
The original [[cathedral]], consecrated by [[Pope Adrian IV]] in 1155, was destroyed by the earthquake of 1634.

Above the town on a precipitous rock, elevation {{convert|540|m|ft}}, that guards the Liri's valley and the entrance to the [[Abruzzi]] are remains of polygonal walls; here, possibly, was the citadel of the original [[Volsci]]an town. Also, remains of medieval fortifications are there.

Among the churches in town are the [[Sanctuary of the Madonna della Figura, Sora|Sanctuary of the Madonna della Figura]] and [[San Silvestro Papa, Sora|San Silvestro Papa]].

==Notable people==
* [[Suranus]]
* [[Caesar Baronius]]
* [[Luca Brandolini]]
* [[Ludovico Camangi]]
* [[Vittorio Cristini]]
* [[Alfredo De Gasperis]]
* [[Vittorio De Sica]]
* [[Enzo Di Pede]]
* [[Luis Hasa]]
* [[Tony Evangelista]]
* [[Alessio Giustini]]
* [[Filippo Iannone]]
* [[Lucius Mummius Achaicus|Lucius Mummius]]
* [[Stefano Pescosolido]]
* [[Giulio Polerio]]
* [[Quintus Valerius Soranus]]
* [[Anna Tatangelo]]
* [[Zappacosta]]
* [[Davide Zappacosta]]
*[[Mario Ferri]]

==Twin towns==
[[File:Ponte città di Vaughan.jpg|thumb|Bridge in Sora, Lazio named after its twin city, Vaughan, Ontario]]
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Vaughan]], Canada<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://www.vaughan.ca/business/General%20Documents/EDS_C7_InternationalRelations.pdf |chapter=International Friendship and Twin City Relationships |title=City of Vaughan Economic Development Strategy |publisher=Millier Dickinson Blais Inc. |year=2010 |pages=58}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Athis-Mons]], France

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{EB1911|wstitle=Sora|volume=25|pages=429–430}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Sora (Italy)|Sora}}
*[http://www.comune.sora.fr.it Official website] {{in lang|it}} 
* {{cite web |url=http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/433126 |title=Places: 433126 (Sora) |author=Purcell, N., R. Talbert, T. Elliott, S. Gillies |date=29 November 2020 |access-date=March 8, 2012 <!-- 2:52 pm -->  |publisher=Pleiades}}

{{Province of Frosinone}}

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