Sovana is a small town in southern Tuscany, Italy, a frazione of Sorano, a comune in the province of Grosseto.

[1] Etruscan by origin, Sovana became a Roman municipium, and, from the 5th century, an episcopal see.

Later, when Roselle was abandoned due to Saracen ravages, it became the centre of the county under the Aldobrandeschi family.

Its importance declined when the county was acquired by the Orsini, who moved the capital to Pitigliano.

In the mid-16th century Sovana was annexed to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany by Cosimo I de' Medici.