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Outside the Centre of Filattiera, Tuscany

Born as a seigneural centre, in 1865, Filattiera became the centre that we see today, when the villages of Roccasigillina, Cavallana, Lusignana and Gigliana were included in the town, after being detached from Bagnone.
Filattiera features a typically agricultural landscape: on the valley floor a number of old terraces are still in use for raising corn and pasture;.
The rest of the land is occupied by farmers' houses. The hills are scattered with beautiful villas, with fields of corn, barley and potatoes, with vineyards and with olive terraces.
The most important monument is the Parish church of Sorano, a splendid example of Romanesque architecture.

The Parish Church of Sorano (12th century)
The first documented evidence of the existence of the parish church can be found in a Papal Bull of 1148 .
The building stands in the bottom of the valley near the Cisa Main Road, where even in the prehistoric times there was an important settlement.
The finding of stele statue near Sorano shows that there was a community there from at least the Bronze age.
Recent archaeological digs have also brought to light the remains of a Roman village, followed by a “mansio”, an abode that served the important communication route, and finally the parish church, which is still standing today.
It was definitely abandoned in 1700 and today now we can see only a splendid 3 apses parish church, with a square campanile and a small graveyard.

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