Attractions

CHURCH OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI IN SORRENTO

At Sorrento, near the small Marina, on Piazza Francesco Saverio Gargiulo, stands the church of St. Francis of Assisi, with a fine sculpted wooden door, dating back to the sixteenth century. Annexed to the church is the ex-monastery, currently the hea...

DUOMO OF SORRENTO

Dedicated to Saints Philip and James, Sorrento duomo underwent notable rebuilding in the fifteenth century and in the course of the following centuries has been restructured several times. The facade is now that of the 1924 restoration, with a very i...

GREEK AND ROMAN SETTLEMENT IN SORRENTO

In the city centre of Sorrento, traces of the Roman settlement can still be found in the topography of the area bounded by Piazza Tasso and Viale degli Aranci: Vias S. Cesareo and Fuoro in fact correspond to the decumanus maximus and Via Tasso to the...

CORREALE DI TERRANOVA MUSEUM IN SORRENTO

The Correale di Terranova Museum is in the building that was the eighteenth-century home of the Correale family in Sorrento. The existence of this museum is due to the Count of Terranova, Alfredo Correale's passion for art, who together with his brot...

PIAZZA TASSO OF SORRENTO

Piazza Tasso, dedicated to the famous poet who was born in Sorrento in 1544, is one of the most important and beautiful squares in the city. Adorned by the statue of the city's patron, Saint Antonino, who sought refuge here at the time of the Lombard...

SEDILE DOMINOVA OF SORRENTO

The only existing example in Campania, the Sedile Dominova of Sorrento testifies to a building style widespread in the region, that of an aristocratic seat, institutions that, starting from the Angevin period, administered the Campanian cities. Surmo...

BASILICA OF S. ANTONINO IN SORRENTO

The basilica of S. Antonino is situated in Sorrento on the spot where an oratory dedicated to the patron saint of the city stood in the ninth century. Founded in the eleventh century, the basilica has an interesting portal in its right flank dating b...

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Sorrento

This is a well known tourist and seaside resort on the north coast of the Sorrento peninsula, on a steep tufa terrace overlooking the Bay of Naples. Ruled by Syracuse, the Samnites and the Romans, it became a Byzantine possession and, in the ninth century, an independent comune. In 1133, it was conquered by the Normans and later became part of the kingdom of Naples, whose fate it followed. Nowadays its shore line is divided into the port area of Marina Piccola and the beach at Marina Grande where there are many bathing establishments.

You can visit the cathedral, which was built in the year 1000 and rebuilt in the fifteenth century, the fifteenth century arched loggia called the Sedile Dominova, the remains of a Roman arch and the monument to the poet Torquato Tasso who was born here in the sixteenth century.
Getting there

By train: Sorrento Station

By car: the A 3 motorway, exit at the Castellammare di Stabia toll booths (20 km)

By air: Naples / Capodichino (50 km)