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Positano was named after a painting which was washed ashore from a pirate ship

Legend has it that pirates were hit by a violent storm in nearby waters and were carrying plunder including a painting of the Black Madonna. The captain heard the painting whisper “posa, posa” (“set me down, set me down”) and threw the painting into the sea. The ship then glided to safety in the harbour, the locals built a Church on the spot where the painting was found and took the name Positano for the town after the words uttered from the artwork.