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Capri

Capri is an island of limestone rock that represents the outermost tip of the mountain chain on the Sorrentine peninsula. The coastline, whose dolomite cliffs fall right to the sea in many spots, is dotted with countless caves and surrounded by reefs whose shapes suggest fantastic creations.

Sorrento

Its picturesque site and mild climate have made Sorrento popular with tourists. The remains of the Roman and medieval eras are fragmentary. Sorrento early became an episcopal seat. During the early Middle Ages Sorrento appears to have been largely independent under its own dukes and often in conflict with the neighboring town of Amalfi and invading Arabs. In 1137 it fell to the Normans and thereafter shared the political fortunes of Naples and its kingdom. Population (1996) 16,459.