Workshop location
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The Workshop will be held in Sorrento (Italy), the mythological
Sirens’ town, on the Gulf of Naples, at Grand Hotel Vesuvio.
Sorrento was probably founded by the Teleboi in the V century
a.c. Over the centuries the Samnites, then the Romans and in 552,
after a phase of almost autonomous government, sustained by
archcounts and dukes, the Byzantines governed the town. At the
beginning of the ninth century it became a free duchy, but from
1133 it was subjected to Norman domination; then it passed to the
Angevins, later the Aragonese and finally the Bourbons. A
favourite seaside resort already for Roman nobility, who built
grandiose villas here, the remains of some can still be seen.
Sorrento underwent the reforming policy of Charles III in the
eighteenth century, becoming a favourite place of artists, men of
letters and musicians from all over the world in the nineteenth
century, who drew inspiration for their works from the beauty of
the surrounding landscape.
Boasting well-equipped bathing plants, those of Marina grande and
Marina piccola, modern hotel accommodation and efficient
conference centres, Sorrento is still today one of the most
famous and visited holiday centres in the region and in the whole
of Italy. It is also noted for its citric fruit production, especially
lemons, as well as walnuts and exquisite wines; finally, lace and
woodcarving crafts, with their ancient origins, are flourishing.
Owing to its geographic, it is an ideal centre for pleasant
excursions to the delightful towns and the places of greatest
scenic attraction on the Sorrento peninsula and in Campania
Sorrento is the ideal starting point for visiting to all the tourist
sights of the area ( Capri, Ischia, Naples, Ercolano, Pompei,
Positano, Amalfi) and so.
If you wish to find out more about the city and location please
visit the institutional websites http://www.comune.sorrento.na.it/sorr/internet/home (in Italian)
http://www.fondazionesorrento.com/Site/default_en.asp
