Piano di Sorrento is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Naples

Province of Naples

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 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Campania

Campania

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, located about 25 km southeast of Naples

Naples

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Piano di Sorrento borders the following municipalities: Meta, Sant'Agnello

Sant'Agnello

Sant'Agnello is a comune in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 25 km southeast of Naples.Sant'Agnello borders the following municipalities: Piano di Sorrento, Sorrento...

, Vico Equense

Vico Equense

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Victorian poet Robert Browning

Robert Browning

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sojourned in the area and mentions the countryside of Piano and other localities of the Surrentine peninsula in the poem "The Englishman in Italy".

External links

• pianodisorrento.asmenet.it/
• Piano di Sorrento Interactive Map
• History and tradition at Piano di Sorrento