Marigliano is a town and ''
comune'' of the
Metropolitan City of Naples,
Campania, southern
Italy.
The town lies 19 km from
Naples. Nearby towns include:
Acerra,
Brusciano,
Mariglianella
Mariglianella is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 20 km northeast of Naples. As of 31-7-2022, it had a population of 7,729 and an area of 3.2 km2.All demographics ...
,
Nola,
San Vitaliano
San Vitaliano () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 25 km northeast of Naples.
San Vitaliano borders the following municipalities: Marigliano, Nola, Saviano, Sciscia ...
,
Scisciano
Scisciano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 20 km northeast of Naples. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,166 and an area of 5.5 km2.All demograph ...
,
Somma Vesuviana.
Main sights
*Church of ''Santa Maria delle Grazie'', built around 1000. It was enlarged in the early 18th century by
Domenico Antonio Vaccaro. The
tuff bell tower, standing at c. 40.3 m, is from 1494. The upper small cupola, covered by yellow
maiolica, was destroyed in the
1980 Irpinia earthquake
The 1980 Irpinia earthquake ( it, Terremoto dell'Irpinia) took place in Italy on 23 November 1980, with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). It left at least 2,483 people dead, at least 7,700 injured, an ...
, but has been rebuilt in the same shape but with different materials.
*Ducal Castle, known from the 12th century. Of the medieval edifice, the square plan with the angular towers remain.
*Church of the ''Annunziata'' with a late-Gothic apse. It houses a polychrome wooden polyptych in the high altar, in turn including a late 15th-century triptych
*Monastery of St. Vitus
Organised crime
In October 2000, the
Italian Parliament approved the findings of a commission which studied
activities in Campania. According to this source, Marigliano is firmly under the control of the Camorra, in particular the group led by Antonio Capasso. This group took advantage of the efforts of law enforcement that eliminated its main enemy, a Camorra group led by the Mazzarella family that was located in Ponte Citra, a district of Marigliano.
Marigliano is a suburb of
Naples. In the 1990s to the 2000s, a
waste management crisis broke out in the city as a result of
illegal dumping by the
. Majority of the waste was dumped in the region between Marigliano,
Acerra, and
Nola, referred to as the "
Triangle of Death". A 2004 study by Alfredo Mazza published in ''
The Lancet Oncology
''The Lancet'' is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal and one of the oldest of its kind. It is also the world's highest-impact academic journal. It was founded in England in 1823.
The journal publishes original research articles, ...
'' revealed that deaths by cancer in the area are much higher than the European average.
[Kathryn Senior and Alfredo Mazza]
''Italian “Triangle of death” linked to waste crisis''
''The Lancet Oncology'', Volume 5, Issue 9, September 2004, pp. 525–527.
Twin towns
*
Madison,
New Jersey, USA, since 2006
References
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Castles in Italy