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Naples ( / ˈneɪpəlz / NAY-pəlz; Italian: Napoli [ˈnaːpoli] ⓘ; Neapolitan: Napule [ˈnɑːpələ]) [ a] is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, [ 3] after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. [ 4] Its province-level municipality is the third-most ...
Kingdom of Italy 1861–1946. Italian Republic 1946–present. Map of Parthenope (Palaeopolis) and Neapolis. The history of Naples is long and varied, dating to Greek settlements established in the Naples area in the 2nd millennium BC. [ 1] During the end of the Greek Dark Ages a larger mainland colony – initially known as Parthenope ...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The following is a list of the 92 municipalities (comuni) of the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy. [1] List. [edit] ISTATCode. Comune. Population. (2005)
The Royal Palace of Naples (Italian: Palazzo Reale di Napoli) is a historic building located in Piazza del Plebiscito, in the historic center of Naples, Italy.Although the main entrance is located in this square, there are other accesses to the complex, which also includes the gardens and the Teatro di San Carlo, from the Piazza Trieste e Trento, Piazza del Municipio and Via Acton.
Southern Italy forms the lower part of the Italian "boot", containing the ankle ( Campania ), the toe ( Calabria ), the arch ( Basilicata ), and the heel ( Apulia ), Molise (north of Apulia) and Abruzzo (north of Molise) along with Sicily, removed from Calabria by the narrow Strait of Messina. Separating the "heel" and toe of the "boot" is the ...
Map of Naples, 1572 An 18th-century painting depicting an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Naples. The Naples area has been inhabited since the Neolithic period. The earliest historical sources in the area were left by the Myceneans in the 2nd millennium BC. During its long history, Naples ...
Regional map of the Gulf of Naples. The Gulf of Naples ( Italian: Golfo di Napoli ), also called the Bay of Naples, is a roughly 15-kilometer-wide (9.3 mi) gulf located along the south-western coast of Italy ( province of Naples, Campania region). It opens to the west into the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered on the north by the cities of ...
Port of Naples. The Port of Naples, a port located on the Western coast of Italy, is the 11th largest seaport in Italy having an annual traffic capacity of around 25 million tons of cargo and 500,000 TEU's. It is also serves as a tourist hub, servicing an estimated 10 million people annually transiting through the port.