difiorefotografi - Italy, Naples, Sorrento: Cathedral. Wedding - Matrimonio.
Cathedral. In the cathedral of Sorrento couldn’t lack the examples of the local art, famous in all Italy: the wood intarsia. The cathedral of the town overlooks the street Corso Italia and it’s adorned with furnishings realized with ancient techniques of inlaid work. It was built at the beginning of the fifteenth century with a romantic style and later it was restored several times until the restoration of 1924 during which were rebuilt entirely its front. The church, in addition to the baptistery where was baptized Torquato Tasso, maybe the most famous citizen of the town, contains a great number of paintings of the Neapolitan School of the eighteenth century and is characterized also by a grand campanile.
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