Borrowing
from Greek mythology, the Romans placed the legendary abode
of the sirens (those wicked mermaids who lured seamen to
their deaths with their sweet songs) at Sorrento
(Surrentum).
Between the town walls rest the monuments,
churches and the testimonies of antique
civilizations; walking through the streets
of the historic centre, the antique Greek-Roman
structure is still legible, memory
represented vividly in via Pietà, via S.
Cesareo, via Padre Reginaldo Giuliani and
via Tasso.
Along these antique streets, small dim
lights aligned on the walls of tuff, reveal
the treasures and tell the secrets of the
historic centre. Via Pietà, an antique major
decuman, timidly exhibits the Arab-Byzantine
decorations of the Veniero Palace and the
Correale Palace with its majestic courtyard
with majorica tiles of the 1700's.
