Piazza Tasso is a central place and square in

Sorrento Sorrento (, ; nap, Surriento ; la, Surrentum) is a town overlooking the Bay of Naples in Southern Italy. A popular tourist destination, Sorrento is located on the Sorrentine Peninsula at the south-eastern terminus of the Circumvesuviana rail ...

in the south of

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. The square is named after the

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(1544–1595). In the main square, well known as Largo of the Caste, is the yellow-painted

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Church del Carmine, holding within its interior a painting by Onofrio Avellino of the

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with Saint Simon Stock and angels.Best of Sorrento
Chiesa del Carmine Sorrento
accessed 26 September 2022 On the square stands a statue of S. Antonino Abbate. The shopping street Via San Cesareo leads off the square to the west. Also near Piazza Tasso is the Palazzo Correale, now also a museum,

Museum Correale Museum Correale (Italian: ''Museo Correale di Terranova'') is a museum in Sorrento in the south of Italy. The museum is situated in a patrician villa, surrounded by a citrus grove, with a terrace of Belvedere that overlooks the Gulf of Naples. Th ...

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Piazza Tasso

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Images Statue of S. Antonino Abbate
{{coord, 40, 37, 34.7, N, 14, 22, 33.6, E, type:city_scale:1250_region:IT, display=title Piazzas in Sorrento