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SORRENTO (anc. Surrentum, q.v.)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 435 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SORRENTO (anc. Surrentum, q.v.)

SORRENTO (anc. See also:
SURRENTUM (mod. Sorrento, q.v.)
Surrentum, q.v.) , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

CAMPANIA

Campania, See also:

Italy, in the See also:

province of See also:

Naples, 10 m. by .electric See also:

TRAMWAY

tramway (along the highroad) S.W. from Castellammare di Stabia, and served also by steamer from Naples (16 m.). Pop. (1901), 6849 (See also:

TOWN

town); 8832 (See also:

commune). It stands on cliffs about 16o ft. above See also:

sea-level on the See also:

north See also:

side of the See also:

peninsula that separates the See also:

BAY

Bay of Naples from the Bay of See also:

SALERNO (anc. Salernum)

Salerno. Sorrento, contains only a few See also:

ancient remains, and its See also:

PRESENT

present prosperity depends mainly on its reputation as a See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of resort both in See also:

winter and in summer, its northerly aspect rendering it comparatively cool. Its See also:

CLIMATE

climate is delightful and healthy, and it is situated amid picturesque See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast scenery. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

LOCAL

local See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries are the See also:

INLAYING

inlaying of See also:

wood, See also:

SILK

silk and See also:

LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

lace-making and See also:

STRAW

straw-plaiting, and the growing of oranges and lemons. In ancient times the Surrentine wines had a See also:

GREAT

great repute. In 1558 the See also:

CORSAIR (through the Fr. from the Med. Lat. cursarius, a pirate; cursus, or cursa, from currere, to run, being Late Latin for a plundering foray)

corsair Pialy attacked the town and carried off two thousand prisoners. It was at Sorrento that Bernardo See also:

TASSO, TORQUATO (1544-1595)

Tasso wrote his Amadigi; and Torquato Tasso, to whom a See also:

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble statue has been erected in the Piazza, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the town in 1544.

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