Secondigliano () is an old Italian municipality which became a modern suburb in the north of

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

Geography

Secondigliano lies between

San Pietro a Patierno San Pietro a Patierno is a suburb of Naples, the chief city in Campania, Italy. Geography It is one of the largest suburbs of Naples and is relatively lightly populated compared to surrounding areas, with around 20,000 residents. The district of ...

and Scampìa.

History

The name may derive from a contraction of "secondo" (second) and "miglio" (mile) since the area was at the second milestone on the ancient road to Capua. Alternatively, the name may derive from the Roman family name "Secondili." The area was a feudal holding in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

and was not part of the city of Naples until the Fascist period. Secondigliano is relatively modern, the result of extensive building in the 1970s and 1980s, as a result of Law 167 (1962) and by the public housing institute IACP -Istituto Autonomo Case Popolari, (Law 865, 1971). The area has been the focus of studies and analysis because of the initial difficulties of settlement of a part of the settled population moved from the historic city The area has enormous social problems similar to those in adjacent communities: high unemployment, a truancy and drop-out rate from school, drugs and pervasive organized crime group, the

Camorra The Camorra (; ) is an Italian Mafia-typeMafia and Mafia-type orga ...

. Secondigliano is the site of one of the most important maximum security prisons in Italy. The prison appeared in the 2012 documentary feature The Triplet. Very well known was the

Secondigliano tragedy The Secondigliano tragedy, better known as the Secondigliano abyss, was a disaster in January 1996 involving gas leak explosion that occurred in Naples, in the Secondigliano district, where a total of 11 people lost their lives. Background For ...

, on January 23, 1996, where 11 people died.

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Story of Secondigliano
Quartieri of Naples Former municipalities of the Province of Naples History of the Camorra in Italy Secondigliano Alliance {{Campania-geo-stub

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