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COSTIERA SORRENTINA
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Sorrento Coast
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The Sorrento Coast is a jagged promontory that
shores up the southern end of the Bay of Naples.
This peninsula of hilly terrain ends abruptly at
a cliff that plunges sheerly down to the
Mediterranean sea. The entire coastline around
Sorrento was a Greek colony during the period of
Magna Grecia, the legendary site of Homer's
sirens, before being conquered by the Romans who
enjoyed the area as a summer playground. It has
maintained a reputation as an exclusive resort
destination ever since. It boasts a mild climate,
gorgeous panoramas and citrus-scented air.   From
the Sorrento Coast, views sweep along the bay to
Naples, Mount Vesuvius and across the water to
the island of Capri.
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Massa Lubrense is a comune located about 25
kilometres southeast of Naples. It has a
population of 13,404 and an area of 19.7 km². Its
name derives from the Longobard word "mansa",
which defined a territorial unit, with the
adjective "lubrense" related to the Church of
Madonna della Lobra, so named because it was
built upon a pre-existing pagan temple (delubrum,
in Latin)
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Massa Lubrense
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Ex-Cattedrale a church dated back to 1512 and
rebuilt in XVIII century, which keeps a wonderful
1700's majolica floor and, in the apse, a Madonna
attributed to Andrea da Salerno
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1700's majolica floor
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Cercis siliquastrum, commonly known as the Judas
tree
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Cercis siliquastrum, commonly known as the Judas
tree
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Cercis siliquastrum, commonly known as the Judas
tree
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Massa Lubrense, Palazzo Vespoli
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Massa Lubrense, Palazzo Vespoli
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Massa Lubrense is popularly known as the
legendary Land of Sirens (from which it derives
the toponym of Sirenusion)
Massa Lubrense
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Sirens lived along the coast and with their
haunting and beautiful voices lured sailors onto
the rocks.
Massa Lubrense
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According to the legend, Ulysses passed for
Ieranto Bay, and there he built the temple of the
goddess Athena
Massa Lubrense
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Sunset is especially stunning from the point of
Massa Lubrense
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The splendid coastline of Sorrento has a rugged
coastline, small bays and rocky baths. An
exception is the small town of Meta di Sorrento.
It is known for the longest sandy beach on the
Sorrento Coast. To reach the other notable
tourist towns from Meta is easy. With the local
train, the circumvesuviana, which stops at Meta
every 20 minutes, one can easily get to where you
want to in less than an hour
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Madonna del Lauro,  the Patron Saint of Meta
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Carpobrotus edulis (Hottentot-fig, ice plant,
highway ice plant or pigface)
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Aloe Crosby's Prolific is considered to be a
hybrid between an Aloe nobilis and an Aloe
humilis var. echinatum
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Fragrant White Jasmine
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Meta - separated through the Camaldoli mountains
from Vico Equense
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Madonna del Lauro Legend has it that a deaf and
dumb woman found a statue of  the Virgin Mary
under a laurel tree and then miraculously had her
hearing and speech restored
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From the window.
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Another day
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Meta rainy day
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Fragrant White Jasmine
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Chiesa dell'Assunta
Bleu village
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Like many of the houses in a region synonymous
with citrus fruit, there are couple of lemon
trees in the small gardens
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Nespole The loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)
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Nespole The loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)
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Basilica Santa Maria Del Lauro
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Ai caduti sul mare (To the fallen on the sea)
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Text Internet Pictures Sanda Foisoreanu
Gabriela Cristescu
Internet All  copyrights  belong to their
 respective owners Presentation Sanda
Foisoreanu
2018
Sound Eduardo De Crescenzo - L'odore del
mare Dove c'è il mare