4608 x 3456 px | 39 x 29,3 cm | 15,4 x 11,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
29 marzo 2016
Ubicazione:
Sorrento Campania, Italy
Altre informazioni:
Sorrento is a small city in Campania, Italy.It is a popular tourist destination. The town can be reached easily from Naples and Pompeii, The town overlooks the bay of Naples, as the key place of the Sorrentine Peninsula, and many viewpoints in the city allow sight of Naples itself Vesuvius and the island of Capri. The Amalfi Drive (connecting Sorrento and Amalfi) is the narrow road that threads around the high cliffs above the Mediterranean.Ferry boats and hydrofoils provide services to Naples, Amalfi, Positano, Capri and Ischia. Sorrento's sea cliffs are impressive and its luxury hotels have attracted famous personalities. Sorrento is famous for the production of limoncello, made from lemon rinds, alcohol. Wood craftsmanship is also developed.The most important temples of Surrentum were those of Athena and of the Sirens who gave their name to the promontory. In antiquity Surrentum was famous for its wine (oranges and lemons which are now so much cultivated there not having been introduced into Italy in antiquity), its fish, and its pottery; In the pre-Roman age Sorrento was influenced by the Greek civilization:, according to the legend, a temple was founded by Ulysses and originally devoted to the cult of the Sirens, hence Sorrento's name
