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HERE, TORQUATO TASSO IS EVERYWHERE In Sorrento’s Cathedral a commemorative plaque. Another memorial in the elegant gardens of the Hotel Imperial Tramontano seemed to hint that the house where he was born in 1544 had mostly tumbled into the sea, but the rest had been incorporated into the hotel. After stopping at Bar Tasso for a coffee, I walked a block down Via Tasso, and, turning left, found myself in front of poet’s older sister house. A Rainy Day in Sorrento | Joe Gartman