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{{Short description|Town in Campania, Italy}}
{{about|the Italian town}}
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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Sorrento
| official_name       = Città di Sorrento
| native_name         = {{native name|nap|Surriento}}
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| coordinates         = {{coord|40|37|34|N|14|22|34|E|type:city|display=inline}}
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| region              = [[Campania]]
| metropolitan_city   = [[Metropolitan City of Naples|Naples]] (NA)
| frazioni            = Casarlano, Cesarano, Marano, Priora, Santa Lucia, Sorrento Capo, Sorrento Marina Grande
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| mayor               = Massimo Coppola (since 2020)
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| area_total_km2      = 9
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| population_total    = 16,547
| population_as_of    = 31 August 2007
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| population_demonym  = Sorrentini
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|postalcode=|istat=| saint               = [[Antoninus of Sorrento|St. Antoninus]]
| day                 = February 14
| postal_code         = 80060 and 80067
| area_code           = 081
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'''Sorrento''' ({{IPAc-en|s|ə|ˈ|r|ɛ|n|t|oʊ}} {{respell|sə|REN|toh}}, {{IPA|it|sorˈrɛnto|lang}}; {{langx|nap|Surriento}} {{IPA|nap|surˈrjendə|}}; {{langx|la|Surrentum}}) is a town overlooking the [[Gulf of Naples|Bay of Naples]] in [[Southern Italy]]. A popular tourist destination, Sorrento is located on the Sorrentine Peninsula at the southern terminus of a main branch of the [[Circumvesuviana]] rail network, within easy access from [[Naples]] and [[Pompei]]. The town is widely known for its small [[ceramics]], [[lacework]] and [[marquetry]] (woodwork) shops.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sorrento|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/campania/sorrento|website=Lonely Planet|access-date=3 May 2018}}</ref>
The [[Sorrentine Peninsula]] has views of Naples, [[Mount Vesuvius|Vesuvius]] and the Isle of Capri. The [[Amalfi Drive]], connecting Sorrento and Amalfi, is a narrow road along the high cliffs above the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]].
Ferries and [[hydrofoil]]s connect the town to [[Naples]], [[Amalfi]], [[Positano]], [[Capri]] and [[Ischia]].
[[Limoncello]], a [[digestif]] made from lemon rinds, alcohol, water and sugar, is produced in Sorrento along with citrus fruit, wine, nuts and olives.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-30 |title=History, origin, recipe of Limoncello - Sorrento Italy |url=https://www.sorrentoinfo.com/recipe-of-limoncello-sorrento/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402084846/https://www.sorrentoinfo.com/recipe-of-limoncello-sorrento/ |archive-date=2023-04-02 |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Sorrento Italy Guide |language=en-US}}</ref>
==History==
===Origins===
The Roman name for Sorrento was {{lang|la|Surrentum}}. From the 8th century BC the area had the presence of a community of indigenous villages, which was a crossing point for [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]] traffic. Subsequently, the area fell into the hands of the [[Osci]], who exercised an important influence there, in fact the oldest ruins of Surrentum are Oscan, dating from about 600 BC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=storia di sorrento|url=https://www.sorrentoholiday.info/italian/storiadisorrento.htm|access-date=2022-02-19|website=www.sorrentoholiday.info}}</ref>
Before its control by the [[Roman Republic]], Surrentum was one of the towns subject to [[Nuceria]], and shared its fortunes up to the [[Social War (91–88 BC)|Social War]]; it seems to have joined in the revolt of 90 BC like [[Stabiae]]; and was reduced to obedience in the following year, when it seems to have received a colony.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-10-02 |title=origins of Sorrento history of Sorrento song torna a Surriento Sorrento holidays |url=http://www.sorrento-online.com/english/history.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002031609/http://www.sorrento-online.com/english/history.htm |archive-date=2022-10-02 |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Sorrento Online}}</ref>
Numerous sepulchral inscriptions of Imperial slaves and freedmen have been found at Surrentum. An inscription shows that [[Titus]] in the year after the earthquake of 79 AD restored the horologium (clock) of the town and its architectural decoration. A similar restoration of an unknown building in Naples in the same year is recorded in an inscription from the last-named town.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
The most important temples of Surrentum were those of [[Athena]] and of the [[Siren (mythology)|Siren]]s (the latter the only one in the Greek world in historic times); the former gave its name to the promontory. In antiquity, Surrentum was famous for its wine (oranges and lemons which are now widely cultivated there were not yet introduced in Italy in antiquity), its fish, and its red Campanian vases; the discovery of coins of [[Marseilles|Massilia]], [[Gaul]], and the [[Balearic Islands]] here indicates the extensive trade which it carried on.<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Jacob Philipp Hackert 003.jpg|thumb|left|160px|''Vintage near Sorrento'', [[Jacob Philipp Hackert]], c. 1784.]]
The position of Surrentum was very secure, protected by deep gorges. The only exception to its natural protection was {{convert|300|m|0|abbr=off}} on the south-west where it was defended by walls, the line of which is necessarily followed by those of the modern town. The arrangement of the modern streets preserves that of the ancient town, and the disposition of the walled paths which divide the plain to the east seems to date in like manner from [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] times. No ruins are now preserved in the town itself, but there are many remains in the villa quarter to the east of the town on the road to Stabiae, of which traces still exist, running much higher than the modern road, across the mountain.<ref name=":0" />
The site of one of the largest (possibly belonging to the Imperial house) is now occupied by the Hotel Vittoria, under the terrace of which a small theatre was found in 1855; an ancient rock-cut tunnel descends hence to the shore. Remains of other villas may be seen, but the most important ruin is the reservoir of the (subterranean) aqueducts just outside the town on the east, which had no less than twenty-seven chambers each about {{convert|270|by|60|cm|0|abbr=on}}. Greek and [[Osci|Oscan]] tombs have also been found.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
Another suburb lay below the town and on the promontory on the west of it; under the Hotel Bellevue Syrene are substructions and a rock-hewn tunnel. To the north-west on the [[Capo di Sorrento]] is another villa, the so-called [[Bagni della Regina Giovanna]], with baths, and in the bay to the south-west was the villa of Pollius Felix, the friend of [[Statius]], which he describes in ''[[Silvae]]'' ii. 2, of which remains still exist. Farther west again are villas, as far as the temple of Athena on the promontory named after her at the extremity of the peninsula (now [[Punta Campanella]]). Neither of this nor of the famous temple of the Sirens are any traces existing.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
In the mythology, according to the Greek historian [[Diodorus Siculus]], Sorrento was founded by [[Liparus (mythology)|Liparus]], son of [[Ausonus]], who was king of the [[Ausoni]] and the son of [[Odysseus|Ulysses]] and [[Circe]]. The ancient city was probably connected to the Ausoni tribe, one of the most ancient ethnic groups in the area. In the pre-Roman age, Sorrento was influenced by the [[Greek civilization]]: this can be seen in its plant and in the presence of the ''[[Athenaion]]'', a great sanctuary, also, according to the legend, founded by Ulysses and originally devoted to the cult of the [[Siren (mythology)|Siren]]s, hence Sorrento's name.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
===Middle Ages and modern era===
Sorrento became an [[bishop of Sorrento|archbishopric]] around 420 AD. After the fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]], it was ruled by the [[Ostrogoths]] and then returned to the [[Eastern Roman Empire|Eastern Empire]]. The [[Lombards]], who conquered much of southern Italy in the second half of the 6th century, besieged it in vain.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
In the following centuries the authority of the distant Empire of [[Byzantium]] faded; initially part of the substantially independent [[Duchy of Naples]], later Sorrento became in turn an autonomous [[duchy]] in the 9th century. It fought against neighbouring/rival [[Amalfi]], the [[Saracen]]s and the nearby Lombardic duchies, such as that of [[Duchy of Benevento]], whose forces besieged it in 839, although Sorrento was able to resist with Neapolitan help. Sorrentine forces took part in the anti-Saracen leagues at the battles of Licosa (846) and [[battle of Ostia|Ostia]] (849). The duchy was ruled by figures elected by the people, which received honorary titles from the Byzantine Emperor.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
In 1035 the city was acquired by [[Guaimar IV of Salerno]], who gave it to his brother [[Guy, Duke of Sorrento|Guy]]. After a brief return under the Duchy of Naples, it returned in Lombard hands with [[Gisulf II of Salerno]]; when the latter was defeated by [[Robert Guiscard]], Sorrento entered the [[Italo-Norman|Norman]] sphere of influence: any residual independence was ended in 1137 when it was conquered by [[Roger II of Sicily]], and annexed to the [[Kingdom of Sicily]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
On 13 June 1558 it was sacked by elements of the Ottoman navy under the command of [[Dragut]] and his lieutenant Piali, as part of the struggle between the Turks and Spain, which controlled the southern half of Italy at that time. 2,000 captives were reportedly taken away. This struggle was waged throughout the Mediterranean and lasted many decades. The attackers were not "pirates" as often characterised, though some may have been mercenaries from North Africa. The campaigns were conducted on the direct orders of Sultan Suleiman.<ref name="sorrentotheromance.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.sorrentotheromance.com/en/home.html |title=Sorrento The Romance |publisher=Sorrento The Romance |date=2017-06-15 |access-date=2017-07-11 |archive-date=2016-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925192844/http://www.sorrentotheromance.com/en/home.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The attack led to the construction of a new line of walls. The most striking event of the following century was the revolt against [[Spain|Spanish]] domination of 1648, led by [[Giovanni Grillo]]. In 1656 a [[Second plague pandemic|plague]] struck the city. However, Sorrento remained one of the most important centres of southern [[Campania]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
[[File:Sorrento from Piazza Tasso.jpg|thumb|A view from [[Piazza Tasso, Sorrento|Piazza Tasso]].]]
Sorrento entered into the [[Neapolitan Republic (1799)|Neapolitan Republic of 1799]], but in vain.{{clarify|date=August 2022}}
In the 19th century the economy of the city improved markedly, favoured by the development of agriculture, tourism and trade. A route connecting Sorrento to [[Castellammare di Stabia]] was opened under the reign of [[Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies|Ferdinand II]] (1830–1859). In 1861 Sorrento was officially annexed to the new [[Unification of Italy|Kingdom of Italy]]. In the following years it confirmed and increased its status of one of the most renowned tourist destinations of Italy, a trend which continued into the 20th century. Famous people who visited it include [[Lord Byron]], [[John Keats|Keats]], [[Goethe]], [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], [[Henrik Ibsen]] and [[Walter Scott]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
==Fortifications and castles==
Having been a city victim of numerous attacks by pirates for its riches, Sorrento boasted in the past numerous castles and fortifications,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldtavernasorrentina.it/en/history_of_the_ancient_walls_of_sorrento.php|title=History of the ancient walls of Sorrento|website=www.oldtavernasorrentina.it|accessdate=4 Oct 2023}}</ref> especially on the strip of land that runs along the sea.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
==Sorrento, legends and myths==
[https://quovado.altervista.org/sorrento-leggende-e-miti/quello-che-un-turista-deve-sapere/ The myth of the Sirens] has been loosely associated with Sorrento since antiquity. Three mermaids settled near Punta Campanella enchanting the seafarers sailing through those waters.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
== The beach of Queen Giovanna ==
A beach near to Sorrento [https://quovado.altervista.org/spiaggia-regina-giovanna-sorrento/leggende-luoghi-misteriosi/ natural swimming pool] near the summer residence of the homonymous ruler. It is said that Queen Giovanna d'Angiò spent her summer holidays pleasantly in Sorrento. Having many lovers, she indulged them right on this beach. After taking advantage of them she had them drowned by her soldiers.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
==Rites of Holy week==
The two main processions that take place in Sorrento on Good Friday are the Procession of Our Lady of Sorrows (or the "Visit in the Sepulchres"), organised by the Venerable Arciconfraternita of Saint Monica<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arciconfraternitadisantamonica.com |title=Arciconfraternita di Santa Monica |website=Arciconfraternitadisantamonica.com |access-date=2017-07-11}}</ref> and the Procession of the Crucified Christ, organised by the Venerable Arciconfraternita of the Death.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
==Geography==
{{expand section|date=June 2013}}
=== Climate ===
Sorrento experiences a [[Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Csa'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/|title=World Map of Köppen−Geiger Climate Classification|publisher=Institute for Veterinary Public Health – Vienna|year=2011|access-date=December 16, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906034159/http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/|archive-date=September 6, 2010}}</ref> with mild, wet winters and warm, dry summers. The mild climate and fertility of the [[Gulf of Naples]] made the region famous during Roman times, when emperors such as [[Claudius]] and [[Tiberius]] holidayed nearby.<ref name="rome">{{cite news|url=http://naples.rome-in-italy.com/history_naples_1.html|publisher=Naples.Rome-in-Italy.com|title=Antic Naples|date=January 8, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225013134/http://naples.rome-in-italy.com/history_naples_1.html|archive-date=December 25, 2008}}</ref> Temperatures can get as high as {{convert|29|°C|0|abbr=on}} in April, as happened in 2013.<ref name="AccuWeather">{{cite web|url=http://www.accuweather.com/en/it/sorrento/212286/april-weather/212286|title=AccuWeather.com for Sorrento, Italy|access-date = 2013-06-24|publisher=© 2013 AccuWeather, Inc.}}</ref>
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|Jan high F = 54.5
|Feb high F = 55.8
|Mar high F = 59.4
|Apr high F = 64.8
|May high F = 72.7
|Jun high F = 79.2
|Jul high F = 84.7
|Aug high F = 85.1
|Sep high F = 79.3
|Oct high F = 71.2
|Nov high F = 62.6
|Dec high F = 56.5
|year high F = 68.8
|Jan mean F=46.7
|Feb mean F=47.8
|Mar mean F=51.0
|Apr mean F=55.9
|May mean F=63.3
|Jun mean F=69.7
|Jul mean F=74.6
|Aug mean F=74.7
|Sep mean F=69.4
|Oct mean F=62.1
|Nov mean F=54.3
|Dec mean F=48.9
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|Jul low F = 64.4
|Aug low F = 64.2
|Sep low F = 59.5
|Oct low F = 52.9
|Nov low F = 45.9
|Dec low F = 41.2
|year low F = 50.8
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|Feb precipitation inch = 3.9
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|Nov precipitation inch = 6.4
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==Culture==
[[File:SORVESUV.JPG|thumb|View of [[Vesuvius]] from Sorrento]]
Sorrento has been visited by [[Lord Byron]], [[John Keats]], [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], [[Charles Dickens]], [[Richard Wagner]], [[Henrik Ibsen]], and [[Friedrich Nietzsche]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-30 |title=7 facts about Sorrento that might surprise you {{!}} Go Live It Blog |url=https://goliveitblog.com/by-destination/7-facts-about-sorrento-that-might-surprise-you/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820001815/https://goliveitblog.com/by-destination/7-facts-about-sorrento-that-might-surprise-you/ |archive-date=2022-08-20 |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=GO LIVE IT |language=en-US}}</ref> Sorrento was the birthplace of the poet [[Torquato Tasso]], author of the ''Gerusalemme Liberata''.<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Tasso, Torquato|volume=26|pages=443–446|first=John Addington|last=Symonds|author-link=John Addington Symonds}}</ref> The town was featured in the early 20th century song "[[Torna a Surriento]]" (Come Back to Sorrento) with lyrics by [[Giambattista De Curtis]], brother of the song's composer, [[Ernesto De Curtis]].
In the 1920s, famous Soviet writer [[Maxim Gorky]] lived in Sorrento.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Delgado |first=Yolanda |date=2014-07-13 |title=The final days of Russian writers: Maxim Gorky |url=https://www.rbth.com/literature/2014/07/13/the_final_days_of_russian_writers_maxim_gorky_38129.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424084518/https://www.rbth.com/literature/2014/07/13/the_final_days_of_russian_writers_maxim_gorky_38129.html |archive-date=2023-04-24 |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Russia Beyond |language=en-US}}</ref>
Songs that have featured Surrento prominently have included "Torna a Surriento" and "Caruso", a song composed in Sorrento, in the summer of 1985, by the Bolognese singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla, whose fifty-years ties with Sorrento are described in the novel by the Sorrentine writer, Raffaele Lauro, titled "Caruso The Song - Lucio Dalla and Sorrento", which was released in December 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sorrentotheromance.com/news/38/caruso-the-song-di-raffaele-lauro-la-biografia-interiore-di-lucio-dalla-attraverso-il-suo-capolavoro-e-il-suo-legame-con-sorrento.html |title="Caruso The Song" di Raffaele Lauro: la biografia interiore di Lucio Dalla attraverso il suo capolavoro e il suo legame con Sorrento |publisher=Sorrento The Romance |date=2017-06-15 |access-date=2017-07-11 |archive-date=2018-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928175433/http://www.sorrentotheromance.com/news/38/caruso-the-song-di-raffaele-lauro-la-biografia-interiore-di-lucio-dalla-attraverso-il-suo-capolavoro-e-il-suo-legame-con-sorrento.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Enjoy our Amalfi Coast tours with Sorrento limousine service |url=https://sorrentocoastlimo.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221051255/http://sorrentocoastlimo.com/ |archive-date=2017-02-21 |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=sorrentocoastlimo.com |language=en}}</ref>
The local football team is [[Football Club Sorrento]] that plays at the [[Stadio Italia]], and currently plays in the [[Eccellenza Campania]] of the [[Italian Football League]].
== Main sights ==<!-- PLEASE RESPECT ALPHABETICAL ORDER -->
[[File:Marina Grande, Sorrento.jpg|thumb|Marina Grande, Sorrento]]
[[File:Marina Piccola Sorrento 2009 (3636040095).jpg|thumb|Marina Piccola, Sorrento]]
* [[Amalfi Coast]]
* [[Marina Grande, Sorrento|Marina Grande]], port of Sorrento
* [[Marina Piccola, Sorrento|Marina Piccola]], small port of Sorrento
* Park of ''Villa communale'' with a view of the [[Gulf of Naples]] with the volcano [[Vesuvius]]
* [[Piazza Tasso, Sorrento|Piazza Tasso]], central place in Sorrento
* [[Sorrento funicular]] (1883-1886), remnants of the defunct inclined railway descending from Hotel Vittoria
* [[Museo della tarsia lignea]] ([[intarsia]])
* [[Museum Correale]] (Museo Correale di Terranova), museum with small archeologic department<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museocorreale.it/ |title=Home - Museo Correale di Terranova |website=Museocorreale.it |access-date=2017-07-11}}</ref>
* Via San Cesareo, Sorrento's main shopping street
* [[Cathedral of Sorrento]] (Santi Filippo e Giacomo Cathedral), from the 14th century with façade reconstructed in 1924. It was built over time in different styles, with doors of the 11th century from [[Constantinople]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cattedralesorrento.it/ |title=Cattedrale di Sorrento |website=Cattedralesorrento.it |access-date=2017-07-11}}</ref>
* Church of {{Interlanguage link multi|Santi Felice e Baccolo|it|3=Chiesa dei Santi Felice e Baccolo}}
* Monastery of St Francesco, 14th century
* Roman ruins at the ''Punta del Capo''
* [[Vallone dei Mulini]] (Valley of the Mills), see [[:it:Vallone dei Mulini|Vallone dei Mulini at Wikipedia Italiano]]
==Transportation==
Sorrento is served by [[ferry]] or [[hydrofoil]] from [[Naples]] or [[Capri]] as well as by boat services from the ports of the Bay of Naples and the Sorrentine Peninsula. Naples is served by two ports, Mergellina and Molo Beverello. Sorrento is connected to Naples by the [[Circumvesuviana]] rail line. Friends of Sorrento<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.friendsofsorrento.co.uk/transport.htm |title=Sorrento transport |publisher=Friends of Sorrento |date=2015-11-29 |access-date=2017-07-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014121351/http://www.friendsofsorrento.co.uk/transport.htm |archive-date=2013-10-14 }}</ref> has details of buses serving Sorrento.
===Airports===
[[File:Italian traffic signs - icona aeroporto.svg|25px|Aereo]] The nearest airports are:
* [[Naples Airport|Napoli-Capodichino]] (NAP) 53&nbsp;km
* [[Salerno-Pontecagnano Airport|Salerno-Pontecagnano]] (QSR) 75&nbsp;km
== Notable people ==
[[File:Antoninus of Sorrento statue.jpg|thumb|175px|Statue of St Antoninus of Sorrento]]
* [[Antoninus of Sorrento]] (555 or 556 – 625), an Italian abbot, hermit and saint
* Saint [[Baculus of Sorrento]] (7th c.), venerated as a Bishop of Sorrento
* [[Nardo Mormile]] (died 1493), a Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Sorrento 1480–1493
* [[Antonius Agellius]] (1532 in Sorrento – 1608), [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Acerno|Bishop of Acerno]] and a member of the [[Theatines]]
* [[Torquato Tasso]] (1544–1595), Italian poet<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Tasso,_Torquato |volume= 26 |short=x}}</ref>  of the 16th century
* [[Giuseppe Agellio]] (1570 in Sorrento – after 1620), an Italian painter of the Baroque period
* [[Giacomo di Castro]] ({{circa|1597}} in Sorrento – 1687), an Italian painter of the Baroque period
* [[Sylvester Shchedrin]] (1791 – 1830 in Sorrento), a Russian landscape painter, emigrated to Italy in 1818
* [[Edoardo De Martino]] CVO (1838 Meta di Sorrento – 1912), an Italian-British painter, mainly active in London, painted warships and marine battles
* [[Bonaventura Gargiulo]] (1843–1904), Italian Capuchin friar, editor and publisher and Bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Severo]]
* [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] (1844–1900), the German philosopher, was in Sorrento for six months in 1876. He there wrote ''[[Human, All Too Human]]''
* [[Maxim Gorky]] (1868–1936), a Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist, five-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Lived in Sorrento during his second exile from 1921 to 1928
* [[Aniello Califano]] (1870 in Sorrento – 1919), an Italian poet and writer, author of Neapolitan songs
* [[Pasquale Troise]] (1895, in Minori village – 1957), mandolinist and bandleader, active in England from the 1920s.
* [[Enrico Garff]] (born 1939), an Italian portrait painter and colourist, he has worked in Positano, Sorrento, Rome, Sicily and in Sweden and Finland
* [[Raffaele Lauro]] (born 1944 in Sorrento), politician and writer<ref>{{cite web|author=Mauro Siniscalchi |url=http://www.raffaelelauro.it/en/index.html |title=Raffaele Lauro |website=Raffaelelauro.it |access-date=2017-07-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carusothesong.com/en/home.html |title=Caruso the Song &#124; Caruso the Song - Lucio Dalla e Sorrento |access-date=2015-10-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150223205254/http://www.carusothesong.com/en/home.html |archive-date=2015-02-23 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carusothesong.com/docufilm/english.html |title=Lucio Dalla e Sorrento - I luoghi dell'anima |website=www.carusothesong.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913180253/http://www.carusothesong.com/docufilm/english.html |archive-date=13 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy}}
Sorrento is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Delegazione di Sorrento in partenza per la Cina per un nuovo gemellaggio nel segno del turismo|url=http://www.sorrentopress.it/delegazione-di-sorrento-in-partenza-per-la-cina-per-un-nuovo-gemellaggio/|website=sorrentopress.it|publisher=Sorrento Press|language=it|date=2019-11-23|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Dubrovnik]], Croatia
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Eilat]], Israel
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kumano, Mie|Kumano]], Japan
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Mar del Plata]], Argentina
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nice]], France
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[San Martino Valle Caudina]], Italy
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]], United States
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Skien]], Norway
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Taurasi]], Italy
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sorrento, Victoria|Sorrento]], Australia
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==See also==
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*[[Amalfi Coast]]
*[[Sorrentine Peninsula]]
*[[Torna a Surriento]]
==References==
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==Other sources==
* {{cite EB1911|wstitle=Sorrento |volume=25 |short=x}}
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