Positano on the Amalfi Coast
Tuesday, 5 August 2014 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
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Positano is a village and comune on the
Amalfi Coast (
Costiera Amalfitana ), in
Campania , mainly in an enclave in the hills leading down to the coast. Today tourism is by far the major industry. Positano is also very popular for
Limoncello and “L’Albertissimo”, an alcoholic tipple that can only be found at a small stall at the main harbour. The city is member of the
Cittaslow movement. Positano was a relatively poor fishing village during the first half of the twentieth 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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German pianist
Wilhelm Kempff made Positano his summer retreat and there he taught a summer course on the Beethoven piano sonatas and concerti. Since his death in 1991, the Beethoven Kurse has continued under the organization of the
Wilhelm Kempff Kulturstiftung , having had as teachers
Gerhard Oppitz and
John O’Conor . From July 1967 and through most of the 1970s, Positano was home to singer-songwriter
Shawn Phillips and where most of his best known work was composed. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards from
The Rolling Stones wrote the song “
Midnight Rambler ” in the cafes of Positano while on vacation.
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Village of Positano ,
positano.com ,
Wikitravel Positano and
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