Sorio
Sorio is one of the many villages on the Nebbiu balcony overlooking the Gulf of Saint-Florent. Situated at an altitude of 400 metres, it backs onto the Tenda massif, which culminates at Monte Astu at 1535 metres.
The commune is made up of two hamlets, A Valle and A Croce. At the entrance to the village, the Saint-Philippe Neri church, with its magnificent five-storey bell tower, faces the Santa Croce chapel, now converted into a multi-purpose hall. Below the village is the 12th-century chapel of Sainte-Marguerite, listed as a Monument Historique in 1936.
A true testament to a community's history, you'll discover the vaulted fountain, the oven and the washhouse, all examples of the restoration of small-scale built heritage. As you wander through the narrow streets, you'll discover a number of houses with highly original architectural details: wooden lintels, gabled lintels, corbels, engravings, sundials, "loghje" (vaulted passageway) and dated stones. The date 1370 engraved on a door lintel in the hamlet of A Croce confirms the existence of a settlement at least as early as the 14th century.
The Saint-Antoine plateau, upstream from the village, is at the convergence of several transhumance trails.
Near the Saint-Antoine chapel, on a promontory, you'll find an orientation table that allows you to identify all the surrounding villages and peaks, right up to the crests of Cap Corse.
A hundred meters from the chapel is the wash-house, from which you can reach the Genoese bridge in fifteen minutes.
On the other hand, the Sorio Heritage Trail, which follows one of the main transhumance routes to the Tenda massif, leads to an encounter with a land that still bears witness to centuries of agropastoralism.
Information and contact
Sorio Town Hall
20246 Sorio
Tel: 04 95 37 725 82
Email: mairiedesorio@wanadoo.fr
