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POSITANO
Positano
is a small town on the Amalfi
Coast (Costiera Amalfitana),
in Campania, Italy. The main
part of the city sits in an
enclave in the hills leading
down to the coast.
Positano was a port of the
Amalfi Republic in medieval
times, and prospered in the 16th
and 17th centuries. But by the
mid-19th century, the town had
fallen on hard times. More than
half the population emigrated,
mostly to Australia.
Positano was a relatively poor
fishing village during the first
half of the 20th century. It
began to attract large numbers
of tourists in the 1950s,
especially after John Steinbeck
published his essay about
Positano in Harper's Bazaar
in May, 1953: "Positano bites
deep", Steinbeck wrote. "It is a
dream place that isn’t quite
real when you are there and
becomes beckoningly real after
you have gone".
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