Church of Santa Maria Assunta

The Church of Santa Maria Assunta was founded in the 10th century and is linked to the Byzantine icon of the Black Madonna with Child, which is said to have arrived in Positano in the 12th century thanks to some Benedictine monks. The church was renovated between 1777 and 1782 and is divided into three naves with five arches and several side chapels. A few steps away from the church stands the bell tower, built in 1707.

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Church of San Gennaro

The church of San Gennaro was built in the 16th century on the remains of a previous church of the same name. The interior, in the shape of a Latin cross with three naves, is decorated with a series of altars, among which the nineteenth-century Chapel of the Sacred Heart, by Domenico Rispoli-Zingone, in the right nave, the Carmine altar with the table of the Madonna of Carmel, and the altar of the Crucifix, in the left nave.

Church of St. Luke

The Church of St. Luke dates from 1588, it is a baroque reconstruction of a 12th-century church. The church was restored in 1772. The dome of the church is covered with majolica tiles. The floor inside the church is also made in this unique style, which dates from 1789 and depicts Saint Luke surrounded by flowers and birds.

Church of the Santissima Annunziata

The church of the Santissima Annunziata was the cathedral of the diocese of Vico Equense until 1818, when it was suppressed and incorporated into the church of Sorrento. The first cathedral of Vico Equense was located on the beach, in the lower part of the city, but subject to pirate raids it was moved and rebuilt to a higher area. The new church was built probably between 1320 and 1330, and major restoration work was carried out between 1773 and 1792, including a reconstruction of its façade.