Region of Campania
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Region of Campania
Campania is comprised of the following four Provinces, plus the metropolitan city of Napoli:
- Avellino
- Benevento
- Caserta
- Salerno
History (Storia)
TIMELINE FORMAT This area has a very tumultuous history:
- 1000BC - this area was populated by the Samnite populations (Oscan and Volsche)
- 700 BC - Greeks conquered and developed many of the islands and coastline (Campania was one of the most important cultural centers of Magna Graecia). The first Greek Colony in Campania was the island of Ischia (former seat of the Punic-Carthaginian settlements from 1000 BC). The Samnites continued to occupy the inland territories of Campania
- 326 BC - was placed under Roman rule
- 570 AD - Longobards conquered most of the area, while the Byzantines ruled the remainder
- 1139 AD - the region enjoyed political unity under the crown of the Kingdom of Sicily
- 1302 AD - this area became part of the Kingdom of Naples
- 1816 AD - part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies with Naples as the capital. Campania had the largest industrial metalworking complex in Italy ( Pietrarsa - now a museum). Naples was the third capital in Europe (after London and Paris] to have streets lit with 350 gas lamps,
- 1861 AD - was conquered and annexed into the Kingdom of Italy
- 1946 AD - the Republic of Italy was formed
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Interesting Facts
4 Volcanoes
Most volcanoes occur because one moving plate of the earth's mantle is diving under another plate, and the friction melts the rock. In this case the African plate is moving north, and is being subducted beneath Italy. Volcanoes are considered extinct when they are believed not to have been active in the last 10,000 years.
- Campi Flegrei
- Epomeo
- Roccamonfina (extinct)
- Vesuvius
3 Inhabited Islands
- Capri
- Ischia
- Procida
6 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Historic Centre of Naples
- 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex
- Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
- Costiera Amalfitana
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
- Santa Sofia (Longobard Church) in Benevento
Campania Towns and Cities
- Acerra
- Barano d’Ischia, Campania One Place Study
- Capri
- Casamicciola Terme
- Castellammare di Stabia
- Forio d'Ischia
- Ischia (Porto & Ponte)
- Lacco Ameno
- Lettere
- Napoli
- Procida
- Serrara Fontana
- Sorrento
- Torre Annunziata
- Avellino
- Calitri
- Castelfranci
- Frigento
- Gesualdo, Campania One Place Study
- Greci
- Grottaminarda
- Mirabella Eclano
- Quindici
- Rocca San Felice
- Roccabascerana
- Solofra
- Sturno
Benevento
- Alife
- Alvignano
- Caianello
- Limatola
- Raviscanina
- Acquavella
- Amalfi
- Bracigliano
- Celso
- Minori
- Montesano sulla Marcellana
- Oliveto Citra
- Omignano
- Pagani
- Petina
- Polla
- Salerno
- San Marzano sul Sarno
- San Mauro Cilento
- Scafati
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Not all of the communes are represented on Wikitree. I'll have to check if that town is.
We're currently splitting up the Campania One place study to just include the towns like Gesualdo: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Gesualdo%2C_Campania_One_Place_Study
Thank you for your comments regarding Naples. We'll take that into consideration. Most of the categories also have an Italian option. We are working on changing things around. This page may be removed entirely. Time will tell. Thanks for your concern.
Oh and we only listed the communes that have been represented on Wikitree so far. It'd be a lot easier to make OPSes based on one commune each.