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Sorrento Peninsula : Meta, Piano, S.Agnello  (page 2 of 2)
Going on along the coast we arrive to Marina di Cassano, the seafaring hamlet of Piano di Sorrento, once renown for the presence of shipyards with a long tradition. In the centre of Piano, in the area called Caruotto, there was the main marketplace of fruits and vegetables in the peninsula, which had a great importance between the 19th and 20th century, when Sorrento reached a position of great importance in the world market of citrus fruits: the lemons and oranges of Sorrento were liked and requested from all continents.

Meta, Piano, S.Agnello

After Piano di Sorrento (along the way to Sorrento) there is Sant'Agnello, named after its patron saint, which is venerated in the beautiful baroque church with the same name. On its side there is the imposing campanile and both are preceeded by a stairway as large as the whole facade. In this church by tradition they came from the neighbourhood the husbands of parturient women, to ask the Saint for a good result of the birth. From the square in front of the church, which was the former centre of the town, they start the roads to the hills (Trasaella and Colli di Fontanelle, Fontanelle Hills, still rich of greenery and trees) and to the seaside (the ex-Capuchin Convent, nowadays with many villas and hotels).

The most suggestive point of the seaside of Sant'Agnello is without doubt the beach of Marinella, which was the landing point of a Roman villa: it is placed on the mouth of a ravine, between the tufa cliffs, and it is overhung by a terrace. From here the road continues towards Sorrento with a single belvedere, before to find the Museum Correale.

The seaside of Sorrento has not a promenade, but only some panoramic points because, since the Roman Age, it was occupied by private villas with their own descents to the sea. This habit was resumed starting from the 18th up to the 19th century. Nowadays the most part of this noble villas has been transformed into luxury hotels, each with wonderful belvedere and private beach.

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