Grumo Nevano is a ''
comune'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Naples in the
Campania region of
Italy, with 17,939 inhabitants.
Physical geography
Bordering the
Province of Caserta and located north of the
Metropolitan City of Naples, Grumo Nevano is an urban municipality of the Campana lowland. It is made up of the two areas (not
''frazioni'') of Grumo and Nevano, united by
urban planning for two centuries and under the administrative one since the 20th century. Grumese territory stands between above
sea level.
History
The name of Grumo comes from the
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
, meaning 'cluster' or 'heap' (of houses), whereas the name of Nevano comes from , which was a property of the ''
Naevia'' ''
gens''.
Before 1863 Grumo and Nevano were two different farmhouses: Grumo included the southern area of the municipality (up to the Basilica of San Tammaro) whereas Nevano included the northern area. In 1700 maps it appeared as ''Grumi''.
Grumo Nevano, like all the other municipalities in the northern area of Naples, has
Oscan origins. Some
Samnite graves were casually found within the residential area during the 1960s and 1970s and two Latin inscriptions are evident, probably from
Atella
Atella was an ancient Oscan city of Campania, located 20km directly north of Naples.
Remains
The ruins of the city walls, private houses, the so-called ''garden of Virgil'' and many tombs remain, on sites in the ''comuni'' of Frattaminore, Or ...
.
Twin towns – sister cities
*
Żagań,
Poland
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Campania
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