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In Massa Lubrense the remains of St. Teresa of Avila

Charme — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 17:09:52 +0000

Tomorrow at 17.30 the reliquary containing the blood and ther relics of Teresa of Avila comes to Massa Lubrense and will open the three-day celebrations organized by the parish of Santa Maria delle Grazie and the Carmelite monastery for the 500th anniversary of the birth of Santa. Thursday (1 october) at 7 pm hours cloistered nuns, by virtue of a special dispensation, will bring the relics in procession from the monastery to the cathedral, where the archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare, Monsignor Francesco Alfano, will celebrate Mass with the parish priest, Don Gennaro Boiano. Tomorrow (30 September) at 7 pm Father Luigi Gaetani, provincial superior of the Discalced Carmelite Friars, will kick off the celebrations with a religious mass and the subsequent musical prayer. Wednesdays (30) at 7 pm Don Salvatore Iaccarino will celebrate his first Mass, followed by the musical prayer animated by Father Andrea L’Affltto. Thursday, after the procession, the celebrations will close in the parish of the cathedral with the representation of “A castle in the heart“, a play directed by Maurizio Panici starring Pamela Villoresi in the guise of Santa Teresa.

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The coasts of Amalfi and Sorrento? For Americans are the top

Charme — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:20:54 +0000

Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast? They have the most beautiful coastlines of Italy. Says so the “Condé Nast Traveller“, magazine specializing in travel and tourism. According to the gravure at “stars and stripes”, the Campania can count four of nine coastlines of the most beautiful of Italy. And this after a careful analysis of tourist flows, but also based on the comments posted by travelers on-line. Condé has compiled a special list that highlights the beauty of Italian lapped by the waves of the Mediterranean Sea, outlining the profile of authentic gems from the likes of Portofino and Cefalù. However, in the “top nine” of the “tricolor beauties” stand out, at the top, some of the most picturesque locations of the two Campania’s Coast namely: Ravello, Positano, Sorrento and Praiano with their wonderful “slices” of land wet of the Tyrrhenian Sea. In short: an award to be proud of for a land that in the eyes of foreigners, looks like more and more Felix.

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A spellbinding view of bays, coves and hills

Sergio Gradogna — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:09:44 +0000

It first enchanted the Romans and was long ravaged by Saracen raiders, but the Land of the Sirens is now the second home to royalty, celebrities, industrialists and financiers, not to mention poets, writers and film directors. The Sorrento-Amalfi coast, with its hillsides of olive and citrus groves and lush Mediterranean vegetation descending into small bays, is beautiful from both land and sea. FromCastellammare di Stabiato Vietri sul Mare, the winding Sorrentina-Amalfitana road climbs up onto the cliffs and then down to the coast for about 100 km, offering breathtaking views of Capri, the Gulfs of Naples andSalernoand the densely forested mountainsides.[charme-gallery]

Starting from the Roman town ofStabiae, it heads up to Gragnano, the home of traditional pasta manufacture, and then on to Vico Equense and Seiano, renowned for their chesses, especially provolonedelmonacoand fiordilatte. Along the cliffs past Meta, Piano and Sant’Agnello toSorrento, the birthplace of Torquato Tasso and a favourite location for film director Vittorio De Sica. Around the headland with its magnificent villas immersed in the maquis, past Massa Lubrense to Punta Campanella where the Penisola Sorrentina becomes the Costiera Amalfitana, and the land is suspended between the sea and the sky.[charme-gallery] The picturesque hillsides of Positano and Praiano, the “painted village” of Furore, Conca dei Marini, the old paper mills and villas of Amalfi and Ravello, Minori, Maiori, Cetara and the ceramic museum at Raito: famous places with a heady atmosphere, beautiful views as well as the best in local craftsmanship, luxury hotels and smart guesthouses.

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Musical emotions, in Sorrento and Sant’Agnello back to the show “Night for Caruso”

Charme — Fri, 30 May 2014 14:55:52 +0000

Back to Sorrento (Naples), the show of Rai Uno Tv “Night for Caruso: the sea from summer nights to autumn nights“. It will be the sea, with its emotionally charged, inspirational songs, pages of literature and art, the theme of events, from July to November, animate some of the most evocative locations of Sorrento and nearby Sant’Agnello.

“The project, co-financed with European funds by the Campania Region, ranked first place in the ranking – said the Councillor for the City of Sorrento Events, Mario Gargiulo – and this is thanks to the quality of the actions envisaged that, in addition to the night for Caruso the traditional event will return next July to celebrate the Italian song in the world, includes firework displays , musical events, food and wine and craft-related promotion”.

Places selected for the carrying out of the appointments, in Sorrento, Marina Grande are, the Old Town, the convent of the fathers Theatines, the church and the cloister of St. Paolo, the cloister of San Francesco, the cathedral of Sorrento, the Correale Museum, the museum of tarsia and, in SantìAgnello, the village of Majano and Colli of Fontanelle. Eight events on the bill. Between July and September , there will be “Nights with travelers in the sails of time“, which will feature artists and creative people on the trip. Between August and September in space “Nights of food, music and dance“.

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The great art back to Sorrento

Charme — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:50:33 +0000

Great art back to Sorrento with an exhibition dedicated to the most influential and original Italian painter linked to the evolutionary experience of Futurism: Mario Sironi. The art show titled “Mario Sironi: painting – great decor – illustration” was inaugurated a few days ago at Villa Fiorentino and continue until Sunday, April 20.

The exhibition will be divided into three sections: Painting (works from the twenties to 1961), the Great Wall (works 1934-1938) and Illustration (works 1915-1925). For a total of 80 works.

The event, sponsored by the Sorrento Foundation in collaboration with the Sorrento Town Council, will host works by the artist from the collection of Andrea Sironi Straußwald, from the collection of Gallery Cinquantasei, from private collectors.

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A unique opportunity to admire the creativity and genius of one of the most eccentric and fascinating characters of the last century, that unlike most artists of the twentieth century, he never stylization and cliché, to the last, he knew find new forms of expression for their own research. A genius in which fate has not given due recognition and that between the pages of art history, a position of absolute importance.

For the event dedicated to Sironi, which will be followed by another in the summer devoted to Pablo Picasso, Sorrento Foundation has established a partnership with the exhibition “Sironi and the Great War, The Art of the First World War and the Futurists in Grosz and Dix”, sponsored and curated by Carichieti Foundation ad Elena Pontiggia. The event will be held simultaneously in Palazzo de’ Mayo, SET, Temporary Exhibition Space (Chieti) from 22 February to 25 May 2014.

“Mario Sironi: painting – great decor – illustration”
Villa Fiorentino, Corso Italia, 53 – Sorrento (Naples)
Opening hours: every day (including holidays) from 10.00 am to 1.00 am and from 4.00 pm to 8.00 pm. Saturday, Sunday and Holidays closed at 9.00 pm
Info: info@fondazionesorrento.com
www.fondazionesorrento.com/it/

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Sorrento’s siren song

Charme — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:36:21 +0000

Not many people know that one of the most famous Neapolitan songs “Torna a Surriento” is not a love song but is in fact dedicated to Giuseppe Zanardelli, Italy’s prime minister who visited Sorrento in September 1902. At that time, the ‘Village of the Sirens’ was a conglomeration of cliff-top houses built along poor roads with little or no infrastructure, no post office and few facilities. The premier was staying at the same hotel as Neapolitan artist Giambattista De Curtis, who had fallen in love with Sorrento and wanted to urge the prime minister to do something for his adopted home. With his musician brother Ernesto and at the request of mayor Guglielmo Tramontano, he dedicated the song, apparently written in 1894, to Zanardelli when it was performed in his presence to invite him to “come back to Sorrento” after it had been rebuilt. The famous song has since been performed by Luciano Pavarotti and Elvis Presley and it still calls tourists and travellers to return to the Town of the Sirens and the birthplace of poet Torquato Tasso. [charme-gallery]Sorrento has long enchanted travellers with its narrow lanes, tasty cuisine and breathtakingly beautiful coastline on which the legendary Sirens tried in vain to lure Odysseus with their song. It was a compulsory stop on any Grand Tour and the preferred destination of writers like Goethe, Swinburne, Ibsen, Nietzsche and Norman Douglas, who spread the fame of the delightful Tyrrhenian resort throughout the world. Beautiful scenery, hospitable local people, a mild climate and superb hotels and facilities mean that Sorrento is now a frontline holiday destination. Siente, sie’ sti sciure arance/Nu profumo accussi fino/Dinto ‘o core se ne va… (Smell the fragrance of these oranges, such a delicate perfume, it goes straight into your heart …) in the words of the song: you can almost taste the oranges, lemons and olives in the groves that cover the hills of this enchanting land. With its beaches, sheer cliffs, ancient ramparts and artisans’ workshops specialising in inlaid wood and ceramics, beautiful, romantic and enthralling Sorrento is a holidaymaker’s heaven and the perfect place to fall in love as if in a magical dream. The town is said to date from the time when the Sirens inhabited the caves of Punta Campanella waiting for unwary seafarers, and its name Surrentum reflects these mythical sea creatures. The coast is dotted with numerous bays and coves, some of which are equipped with beach facilities like picturesque Marina Grande or delightful Marina Piccola, just a short walk from the town centre, and the ruins of Regina Giovanna provide a unique opportunity to dive into the sea from an archaeological site. [charme-gallery]Underwater enthusiasts come diving in Sorrento to discover breathtaking sights on the sea floor, while others go out fishing, armed with nets and lines accompanied by a local ‘sea dog’ and then enjoy the flavour of the day’s catch together. A more relaxing option is to go out on a gozzo, one of the locally built boats, but there are also itineraries on land through the historic centre, window shopping for the latest fashions, ceramics, vintage items and local produce. Traditional products include suits, bed linen and table clothes with lace and embroidery details, a variety of lemon desserts and liqueurs like the world-famous limoncello, herbal liqueurs and countless chocolate products. Visitors should not miss the Town’s speciality pasta dishes, like scialatielli with seafood and gnocchi alla sorrentina. Another reason to “come back to Sorrento” is the furniture and musical boxes, hand-crafted and delightfully embellished with inlaid wood.

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