In recent times this area was called “Largo Prospetto” or “ ‘mmont ‘o Prospiett”. The entire area was part of the garden of the Monastery of San Paolo. Following several days of torrential rain, the city walls containing part of this garden collapsed onto the avenue leading to Marina Grande below. The then Mayor of Sorrento, Guglielmo Tramontano, expropriated part of the nuns’ garden to dedicate a square to Torquato Tasso, who was born in an adjacent building.
After the First World War however, it was deemed necessary to build a monument in the square to commemorate the victims of the war. The imposing statue of the Winged Victory was the result and can still be seen there today.
Nowadays the square is called Piazza della Vittoria, but it is still known by the locals as “ ‘O Prospiett’ “ or “ Abbasc ‘O Monumento “(Down at the Monument).