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Sorrento (Lat. Surrentum), a city of Italy, on the south-east side of the Bay of Naples, on the promontory which separates it from the Gulf of Salerno, 7 miles SW. of Castellamare. It is an archiepiscopal see, and possesses a cathedral. The manufacture of silk and the making of parquetry are extensively carried on. It is celebrated for the mildness and general salubrity of its climate, for its beautiful situation in the midst of orange-groves and fruit-gardens, and for the picturesqueness of the adjacent coast; on these accounts it is much resorted to by summer visitors. In the time of Augustus it was noted for its fine buildings; but few traces of these now exist. Among the Romans the wine of Sorrento was held in high repute. Tasso was a native. Pop. 6089.