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Naples
Nation Italy
Region Campania
Area 117 km²
Population 993,386
Density 8,490 / km²
Time Zone CET: UTC+1
Location 40°50′N 14°15′E
Altitude 17 m
Mayor Rosa Russo Jervolino
Map showing the location of Naples in Italy
Official Site

Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning "New City"; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region and the Province of Naples. The city has a population of about 1 million, and together with its suburbs, the urban area has 4.4 million inhabitants (Neapolitans, Napoletani or poetically Partenopei in Italian). It is located just halfway between the Vesuvius volcano and a separate volcanic area, the Campi Flegrei, all part of the Campanian volcanic arc.

It is rich in historical, artistic and cultural traditions and gastronomy. Neapolitan is a colourful, rich italian dialect- known in Naples as Napulitano.

The metropolitan area of Naples is second in Italy by population, with over 4,400,000 inhabitants.

The city is served by Naples International Airport.

Contents

  • 1 History
  • 2 Food and drink
  • 3 Tourist attractions
    • 3.1 Under Naples
    • 3.2 Also in Naples
    • 3.3 Around Naples
    • 3.4 Sporting Naples
    • 3.5 The Neapolitan diaspora
    • 3.6 Gulf of Naples
  • 4 Famous Neapolitans
  • 5 Community Boards of Naples
  • 6 See also
  • 7 External links

History

see main article History of Naples


Food and drink

Naples is by tradition the home of pizza. It is the birthplace of the Pizza Margherita, which traditionally is made with mozzarella cheese, pomodoro (tomato) and basil - each representing the red, white, and green of the Italian flag. The pizza was named after it was served to Queen Margherita when she visited the city. La vera pizza ("true pizza") should be made in a wood-burning oven similar to a Tandoori oven, and there is a certification body that issues recognition to pizza places around the world that have been deemed to make true Neapolitan pizza.

Naples is also famous for its pasta dishes, where spaghetti is often served with sugo di pomodoro, a tomato sauce which gets its full flavour from sun-ripe Campanian San Marzano tomatoes. Another excellent Campanian dish found in Naples is melanzane alla parmigiana, which is fried slices of aubergine (eggplant) gratinéed with tomato sauce and parmesan cheese. Often one can get another version of melanzane alla parmigiana with an addition of mozzarella cheese.

Naples offers several kinds of unique pastry, the most famous of which is perhaps the babà, followed by choux (Neapolitans write it as sciù) and the Pastiera, a cake prepared for Easter. The babà (also known as savarin) is a mushroom-shaped piece of leavend sweet paste, soaked with an orange flavoured mixture of ron|ruhm and water. Choux is a small "bubble" of leavened paste stuffed with light cream, usually coffee or chocolate flavored. The Pastiera is a cake with a complicated recipe, varying by the county in which it is prepared. The ingredients are typically annealed grain, eggs, and sometimes cream. It is always combined with boiled rice. Another typical Neapolitan pastry is the Sfogliatella (riccia or frolla).

Naples is also known for its ice cream (in Italian gelato).

Neapolitan food forms the basis for much Italian American cuisine.

Tourist attractions

Castel dell'Ovo. Castel Nuovo.

Naples itself is less visited than some of the surrounding attractions. There are, however, many attractions within the city. La Villa Comunale (formerly a royal park) has been refurbished and stretches along the seafront in the smarter western end of the city. It contains an aquarium which is possibly Europe's oldest and is favoured by the locals for family walks on Sunday mornings. The Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli contains a large collection of Roman artifacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum as well as the Farnese Marbles, some of the greatest surviving Roman statues, an amazing numismatical collection; The Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte contains art collections including works by Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli and Caravaggio. Naples is the home of the Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest active opera house in Europe, which opened its doors on November 4, 1737.

Other notable monuments are:

  • Castel dell'Ovo
  • Castel Nuovo with the Arch of Triumph of Alfonso I
  • Palazzo Reale
  • Piazza del Plebiscito
  • Cathedral of St. Januarius
  • church of Santa Chiara
  • church of San Lorenzo Maggiore
  • church of Santa Maria Donna Regina
  • church of Gesù Nuovo ("new Jesus")
  • church of San Domenico Maggiore

Under Naples

Piazza del Plebiscito

Guided tours operate around the Stratification of Naples which shows the city through the layers laid down across history. Subterranean Naples consists of old Greco-Roman reservoirs dug out from the soft tufo stone on which, and from which, the city is built. You can visit approximately one kilometer of the many kilometers of tunnels under the city. There are also large catacombs in and around the city.

Also in Naples

Naples is the site of three major military bases. Naval Support Activity Naples, located in Capodichino is a major US Navy base which is responsible for the support and control of US Naval assets in the 6th Fleet area of responsibility, and Bagnoli, known as Joint Force Command South (formerly AFSOUTH, many Sailors still call it this) is a major NATO base, which is responsible for the coordination of NATO forces in the south European Region. There is also the Support Site, which consists mostly of housing and personnel support facilities, located in Gricignano di Aversa.

Capodichino is the site of the Naples International Airport.

Around Naples

The islands of Procida, (famously used as the set for much of il Postino), Capri and Ischia can all be reached quickly by hydrofoils and ferries. Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast are situated south of Naples. The Roman ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum (destroyed in the A.D. 79 eruption of Vesuvius) are also nearby. As well, Naples is near the volcanic area known as the Campi Flegrei and the port towns of Pozzuoli and Baia, which were part of the vast Roman naval facility, Portus Julius.

Sporting Naples

Naples is the home of the soccer team Napoli, which has gained deep passions from Napoletani. With the help of Diego Maradona, the team achieved rare success in 1987 and in 1990 by winning the Scudetto, the UEFA Cup, Italian Super Cup and the Italian Cup. In 2004 the football team was declared bankrupt and has been subsequently reborn into the lower division of Serie C1 as 'Napoli Soccer'.

The Neapolitan diaspora

Naples has seen many of its children spread throughout the world, setting up 'Little Italies' in many countries. The majority of these Neapolitans who left Italy went to the Americas, especially the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina.

Gulf of Naples

  • Ischia
  • Capri
  • Procida
  • Sorrento
  • Positano
  • Pozzuoli

Famous Neapolitans

  • Enrico Alvino architect
  • Giambattista Basile poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector
  • Gian Lorenzo Bernini
  • Libero Bovio
  • Al Capone (born in Brooklyn to Neapolitan parents)
  • Battistello Caracciolo
  • Renato Carosone
  • Enrico Caruso
  • Antonio de Curtis (Totò) writer and actor
  • Eduardo De Filippo writer and actor
  • Peppino De Filippo actor
  • Titina De Filippo actress
  • Enrico De Nicola jurist, journalist and politician
  • Salvatore di Giacomo writer, poet and lyricist
  • Armando Diaz general
  • Gaetano Filangieri jurist
  • Vincenzo Gemito sculptor
  • Luca Giordano
  • Giacinto Gigante
  • Giuseppe Patroni Griffi screenwriter
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo
  • Pirro Ligorio, mannerist architect
  • Alfonso Maria de' Liguori jurist and writer (Catholic saint)
  • Giovan Battista Marino
  • Domenico Morelli painter
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
  • Basilio Puoti
  • Salvator Rosa poet, satirist and Baroque era painter
  • Davide Rummolo swimmer
  • Ferdinando Russo poet, journalist and writer
  • Venerable Ludovico Sabbatini, religious teacher and priest
  • Raffaele Sacco poet and lyricist
  • Ferdinando Sanfelice
  • Jacopo Sannazaro
  • Antonio Scarfoglio
  • Edoardo Scarfoglio
  • Domenico Scarlatti
  • Matilde Serao journalist and novelist
  • Massimo Stanzione
  • Massimo Troisi actor
  • Domenico Antonio Vaccaro sculptor, architect and painter
  • Giambattista Vico philosopher
  • Raffaele Viviani
  • Sophia Loren actress
  • Giuseppe Migliozzi General (military)

Community Boards of Naples

Naples is politically divided in 10 Community Boards :

  • 1 : Chiaia, Posillipo and S.Ferdinando
  • 2 : Avvocata, Montecalvario, S.Giuseppe, Porto, Mercato and Pendino
  • 3 : Stella and S.Carlo all'Arena
  • 4 : S.Lorenzo, Vicaria and Poggioreale-Zona Industriale
  • 5 : Arenella and Vomero
  • 6 : Barra, Ponticelli and S.Giovanni a Teduccio
  • 7 : Miano, S.Pietro a Patierno and Secondigliano
  • 8 : Chiaiano, Piscinola-Marianella and Scampia
  • 9 : Pianura and Soccavo
  • 10 : Bagnoli and Fuorigrotta

See also

  • Two Sicilies
  • Monarchs of Naples and Sicily
  • Duchies of Naples
  • Viceroys of Naples

External links

  • City Council's website
  • Naples, Italy Virtual reality movies and photo gallery
  • Around Naples
  • Panorama of Naples by Google Earth
  • Sectioned map of Naples
  • Around Naples, slightly different version of above site.
  • Compagnia Trasporti Pubblici (Public Transport Company)
  • Consorzio Unico Campania, English Home Page
  • Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II" University of Naples
  • Satellite image of Naples and Vesuvius at NASA's Earth Observatory
  • Association of the Verace Pizza Napoletana (The True Pizza Society)
  • Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli (National Archaeological Museum)
  • Napoliwatch - reports in English of all Napoli Soccer's matches
  • Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli (National Library of Naples)

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