Italia Sorrento 4 Passeggiata

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Sorrento
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Villa Comunale
Piazza Tasso
Corso Italia
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Sorrento's Villa Comunale is a large terrace
overlooking the Gulf directly below the tufa
cliff is the beach clubs in Marina Piccola and
the port beyond. The elevator taking passengers
down to Sorrento's port departs from here
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SALVE D'ESPOSITO (1903-82), whose statue is in
Villa Comunale was the creator of successful
songs such as Anema e core (Heart and soul),
Me so mbriacato e sole (Sun drunk) and Nata
canzone a Surriento. Over the years Salve
DEsposito's songs interpreted by Beniamino
Gigli, Tito Schipa, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Luciano
Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli. They have also been
recorded by Louis Armrstrong, Ella Fitzgerald,
Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and Perry Como
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There is a small Medieval cloister dating from
the 1300's next to the Villa Comunale, often used
for weddings
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Upstairs, there are often art and photography
exhibits.
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Conventual complex of San Francesco d'Assisi
The cloister
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The cloister unites a religious complex of
seventh-century monastery and a late-medieval
church, both dedicated to St Francis of Assisi,
and is a showpiece of various architectural
styles from pre-Roman through Arabic to medieval 
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 Chiostro di San Francesco
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In the 14th century Franciscan friars from the
monastery repurposed an ancient oratory into
their church its simple white façade was rebuilt
in 1926. Inside there are several richly
decorated chapels adjoining the single nave
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In 1992, a bronze statue of St Francis was placed
outside the church it is the work of Roman
sculptor Alfiero Nena (1933-2020) 
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  Palazzo Marziale Hotel
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 Boutique hotel Il Marzialino
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The dramatic cliff top setting overlooking the
Bay of Naples makes Sorrento one of the most
memorable holiday destinations in Italy
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  Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria View from port 
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  Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria
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  Marina Picola
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A scooter is the fastest and most convenient
means of transportation for driving in Sorrento
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Sorrento, perched high on the cliff top above the
Marina Piccola port below, is a charming resort
town and destination in its own right, and also
serves as a transportation hub and jumping-off
point for excursions to the Amalfi Coast, Capri,
Pompeii, and other destinations on the Bay of
Naples
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The bustling port of Sorrento is a popular stop
for cruise lines exploring Italy's southern coast
of Campania
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Public ferries depart from Marina Piccola for
Capri and Naples year-round, and for Ischia and
the Amalfi Coast in summer
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Marina Piccola is the closest beach you will find
to Sorrento, located not far from its historic
centre. Its perfect if you dont want to spend a
long time travelling to a beach, however being
small it can get crowded. Its made up of beach
clubs where you can purchase loungers and
umbrellas
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Sorrento, a lovely old town clinging to a
cliffside overlooking the most beautiful part of
the Gulf of Naples, some thirty-nine kilometers
southeast of Naples
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The impressive volcano of Mt Vesuvius
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Marina Piccola
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Piazza Sant' Antonino
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Piazza Sant' Antonino, the statue of the
Sorrento's patron saint
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Piazza Sant' Antonino, the statue of the
Sorrento's patron saint, SantAntonino Abate,
surrounded by palm trees with Sorrentos Town
Hall behind it. SantAntonino Abate died on 14
February, 626 AD.
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SantAntonino Abate is credited with saving the
life of a child swallowed by a whale and
protecting Sorrento against plague and invasion
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La Piazzetta Guest House Via S. Francesco
Via S. Francesco
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Via S. Francesco
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Via S. Francesco
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Piazza della Vittoria - war memorials - statue
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Piazza della Vittoria - war memorials - statue
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Piazza della Vittoria Hotel Tramontano
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Hotel Tramontano City train
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Tourism has a long history here. It was a
compulsory stop on the 19th-century 'Grand Tour'
and interest in the town was first sparked by the
poet Byron, who inspired a long line of
holidaying literary geniuses including Dickens,
Goethe and Tolstoy to sample the Sorrentine air
Church door
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Hotel Il Faro Via Marina Piccola Chiesa San
Antonino Abate
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Hotel Il Faro Chiesa San Antonino Abate
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Hotel Il Faro Chiesa San Antonino Abate
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Publius Vergilius Maro spent most of his life in
Campania, near Sorrento and Posilipo
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Text Internet Pictures Sanda Foisoreanu
Gabriela Cristescu
Internet (slide 2,3,6,8,53) All  copyrights 
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Presentation Sanda Foisoreanu
2018
Sound Anema e core - Gigliola Cinquetti,
Gianluca Ginoble (Il Volo) Giuseppe Di Stefano -
Me sò mbriacato e sole