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SORRENTO (anc. Surrentum, q.v.)

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 435 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SIV-SOU
SORRENTO (anc. Surrentum, q.v.) , a city of Campania, Italy, in the province of Naples, 10 m. by .electric tramway (along the highroad) S.W. from Castellammare di Stabia, and served also by steamer from Naples (16 m.). Pop. (1901), 6849 (town); 8832 (commune). It stands on cliffs about 16o ft. above sea-level on the north side of the peninsula that separates the Bay of Naples from the Bay of
Salerno
 . Sorrento, contains only a few ancient remains, and its present prosperity depends mainly on its reputation as a place of resort both in winter and in summer, its northerly aspect rendering it comparatively cool. Its climate is delightful and healthy, and it is situated amid picturesque
coast
  scenery. The
chief
  local
industries
  are the inlaying of
wood
 , silk and lace-making and straw-plaiting, and the growing of oranges and lemons. In ancient times the Surrentine wines had a
great
  repute.
In 1558 the corsair Pialy attacked the town and carried off two thousand prisoners. It was at Sorrento that Bernardo Tasso wrote his Amadigi; and Torquato Tasso, to whom a marble
statue has been erected in the Piazza, was born in the town in 1544.


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