Sorrento - Basilica
of S. Antonino Piazza S. Antonino
Its
origin dates back to the eleventh century, even if as early as in the ninth
century approximately, in that place existed an oratory dedicated to S.
Antonino. The church shows different derivation elements like the columns shafts
probably coming, for their peculiar uniformity, from the portico of one of the
many Roman villas of the area.
In the crypt, remade in the eighteenth century, there are numerous little
pictures of "ex voto", above all of mariners. The eighteenth century
crib, of the School of San Martino, and the south portal with
Byzantine-Romanesque shapes dating back to the tenth century are architectonic
evidences of remarkable interest.
Its
origin dates back to the eleventh century, even if as early as in the ninth
century approximately, in that place existed an oratory dedicated to S.
Antonino. The church shows different derivation elements like the columns shafts
probably coming, for their peculiar uniformity, from the portico of one of the
many Roman villas of the area.