Hospitality has been the Fiorentino family’s way of life.

Our Origins: Don Domenico, The Pioneer of Unshakable Strength

Dr. Domenico Fiorentino, "Don Domenico" to all, was not just Positano's first doctor. He was a pioneer, a survivor, an everyday hero. A Medical Captain during the war, he was deported. His determination to return to his people was so great that he managed to escape from the train at the border and, on foot, it took him three months to reach Positano.

A journey of hope. But his homecoming held tragedy: he found his wife and parents had tragically passed away. With incredible strength of spirit, he faced that immense grief and raised his children alone, dedicating every breath to the community that awaited him. A student of the famous Saint Giuseppe Moscati, in an era when Positano was just a fishing village, he was the only lifeline.

First on foot or by mule, then unmistakable on his Vespa, he reached his patients day and night. And people knew they could knock on his door, at his in-home practice, at any hour. The large illuminated cross he had placed on the mountain in 1978 is not just a symbol, but the seal of that promise of protection made to all of Positano—the very same promise that drove him on that three-month journey.