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The Orsini Fortress of Sorano is a commanding, complex structure, towering over the town.

It is accessed by passing over a broad moat that runs around an initial retaining wall. Having crossed a bridge, which was once raised, one enters by means of an impressive keep, which leads to the first courtyard, a vast square at the extreme ends of which are found the entrances to two corner bulwarks of the small fortress: the bulwarks of St. Mark and St. Peter.

A bridge is reached from the first courtyard, which passes over a second moat in order to access a second square, the innermost section and oldest core of the fortress.
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Sorano, Orsini Fortress: the Keep

Sorano, Orsini Fortress: piazza Cairoli

Sorano, Orsini Fortress: piazza della Fortezza

Address:
Fortezza Orsini, Piazza Cairoli 1 - Sorano  (GR)

Opening hours:
Summer: April -1^st November 10.00–13.00; 15.00–19.00
Summer closing day: Monday; open every day in August
Winter: 2^nd November - March; Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10.00–13.00; 15.00–17.30

Tickets:
Adults: €2.00
Concessions: €1.00
Entrance to the undergrown communication trenches: €3,00
Concessions: €1.50  (school trips and groups of adults including more than 15 people)
Free: under-11 year old children, accompanied by tourist guides and teachers on school trips ) 

Contact:
Tel: +39 0564 633767; Fax: +39 0564 617924   

E-Mail: coopzoe@libero.it