Excursions > Sorrento
Originally greek, was an holiday center all-ready during the romain empire, they come to pass their summer, infact we still have rest of old wall and villas.
With the arrivals of the Normanns, Sorrento, followed the destiny of Neaples.
Indipendent Ducat in the high middle-age it has to fight against the Amalfitan and Saracensto keep its autonomy.
All-ready in the XVI century carpenter worked wood in churches and palaces, a metod called "intarsio" which is inlaid wood work, that became a real factory last century and today is one of the most important activity for Sorrento.
Torquato Tasso, famous italian writer, is born in Sorrento.
Is under Federico II di Borbone that the s.s. 145 ( the road that connect Castellamare to Sorrento) is been built.
