COLLECTION OF THE CORREALE DI TERRANOVA MUSEUM LIBRARY
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Given today’s declining belief in utopia, convinced as we are that without dreams building reality is impossible, the publicationof “Le cinquecentine della Biblioteca del Museo Correale” demonstrates that utopia, in certain conditions, can be achieved: if we imagine that, over ninety years since its foundation, thanks to […]

THE VALLEY OF THE MILLS

The southeast side of the valley of the mills surrounds the tufa stone block forming what is now the historic centre of Sorrento. The characteristic split in the rock, which cuts deeplyacross the tufa platform, was created by the biggest volcanic eruption to hit the Mediterranean, between 35,000 and 37,000 years […]

A walk to Marina Grande
Passing Via Vittorio Veneto one arrives at the panoramic Piazza della Vittoria (in the centre is the War Monument completed in 1926 by the sculptor Francesco Jerace); on the terrace overlooking the sea was constructed the house in which Torquato Tasso was born in 1544, today part of the Hotel Tramontano. […]

Dominators of the deep

The angler fish (Lophius piscatorius) is locally known as “coda e’ ruospo” in the fish markets of Campania, a result of the habit a little outdated to tell the truth of selling it without the head. Its head is massive, covered with bony crests and spines, in a flattened, wide oval shape, whereas […]

COLLECTION OF THE CORREALE DI TERRANOVA MUSEUM LIBRARY

Luck would have it that I am able to make my own contribution in presenting the book “Le cinquecentine della biblioteca del Museo Correale di Terranova di Sorrento” (16th century antique book collection). Rather than discuss the merits of the book, however, which others far more accurateand capable […]

Along the course followed by Ulysses, on board comfortable, exclusive sea-going craft, on a journey into history, myth and legend in the blue waters of Capri and the Punta Campanella marine reserve.

A fantastic voyage, filled with unforgettable sensations especially as the sun sets, when on the almost cinematic backcloth of boats heading towards the Li Galli […]

A walk to Punta Campanella in Massa Lubrense
the point farthest south of the Peninsula Sorrentinae overlooking the island of Capri
Spring, with its profusion of scent and colour, has arrived; in the morning the sun rises earlier each day and in the evening it seems it doesn’t want to set. This is just the righttime to […]