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Sorrento (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 37 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.6167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 22 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.3667 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 164.042 feet |
50.0000 meters |
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Note: Located on Bay of Naples; probably was an early settlement of Greeks, Etruscans, or Pelasgians; Greek and Oscan tombs have also been found outside the city. According to tradition, it had ancient ties to Lipari. Was popular as a resort by Roman times. In antiquity, Surrentum was famous for its wine, its fish, and its red Campanian vases. It was birthplace of poet Torquato Tasso (born 1544). |
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| Sorrento (preferred,C,V,Italian,U,N)
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| Surriento (C,V,Napoletano-Calabrese,U,N)
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| Surrentum (H,V,S,Latin,U,N)
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Campania (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Napoli (province) (P) |
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Sorrento (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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had ancient origins |
| town (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| resort center (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Lipari .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Italy, Sicily, Messina province, Eolie, Isole, Isola Lipari) [7003912] |
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