One of the world's most beautiful coastlines, from Sorrento to Salerno, it is called Amalfitana Costiera (Amalfi Coast). One of its towns looks almost unreal.
Positano spreads over the cliffs, above the Tyrrhenian sea.
Town streets appear as tunnels between the houses and shops, and the steep stairs connect the alleys.
Throughout history, the town survived many menaces. In the 14th century the town was destroyed by a tsunami, In the 15th it was often robbed by Saracens and pirates. Then the emigration of its inhabitants, in the 20th century almost left the town empty.
It turned into a poor fishing village but then discovered by tourists in the second half of the 20th century, mostly thanks to Stainbecks` essay. https://sirenuse.it/media/57085/Steinbeck.pdf
"It is a dream place that isn't quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone." by John Steinbeck
Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta (Church of Saint Mary of the Assumption)
