{"id":1695,"date":"2021-07-06T10:51:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T07:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambtelaviv.esteri.it\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2021\/07\/sorrento-2\/"},"modified":"2021-07-06T10:51:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T07:51:36","slug":"sorrento-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambtelaviv.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2021\/07\/sorrento-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorrento"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An expanse of land that juts out towards\u00a0<\/span>Capri<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and the rest of the Mediterranean, it lies just south of the Bay of Naples. It is a\u00a0sequence of cliffs and overhangs dominating the coastline – with a few small bays along the way \u2013 blessed with a view of the enchanting deep blue.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This, the\u00a0<\/span>Sorrentine Coast<\/strong>, is passable only for its sloping terraces cultivated with oranges, vines, olives and, most of all, lemons, all the way to the sea. Tourists lucky enough to pass through in springtime will be pleasantly overwhelmed with their perfume, while visitors year-round can enjoy the divine consequences of the sour citrus once\u00a0picked: after all, life gave this Coast lemons, and the people made Limoncello!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Man has been spellbound by this spot from the beginning, initiating with the ancient Greeks \u2013 they thought that these waters were the home of sirens (legend has it that in Antiquity,\u00a0<\/span>Surrentum<\/em>, as it was known, came about as a site of cult worship dedicated to these mythological mer-people). Later, the Romans built their splendid villas, roads, ports and thermal spas, certain remnants of which are still visible right in Sorrento. Inhabited during the Middle Ages, as well, and despite eventual incursions by the Saracens, the Sorrentine and\u00a0<\/span>Amalfi<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Coasts were prime stops for those 18th-Century European men of means on their traditional Grand Tour.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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