Vicaria ( it, residence of the Viceroy), often known as Il Vasto, is one of the 30 ''

quartieri A (; plural: ) is a territorial subdivision of certain Italian towns. The word derives from (‘fourth’) and was thus properly used only for towns divided into four neighborhoods by the two main roads. It has been later used as a synonymous ...

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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 ...

, southern Italy, lying immediately to the east of the historical city centre (''Centro storico''). It borders the districts of Poggioreale,

Zona Industriale Zona Industriale (in Italian language, Italian literary ''Industrial Zone'', referring to the industrial park), is a quarter of Naples, Italy. With Poggioreale (Naples), Poggioreale, San Lorenzo (Naples), San Lorenzo, and Vicaria it forms the Fourt ...

and

San Lorenzo San Lorenzo is the Italian and Spanish name for Lawrence of Rome, Saint Lawrence, the 3rd-century Christian martyr, and may refer to: Places Argentina * San Lorenzo, Santa Fe * San Lorenzo Department, Chaco * Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...

, which together with Vicaria make up the 4th municipality of the city. It also borders the district of San Carlo all'Arena, in the 3rd municipality. Vicaria comprises a relatively small area, 0.72 km². It had a population in 2009 of 16,369 inhabitants.Comune di Napoli: Bollettino di Statistica - 2009
p.64] It takes its name from the eastern section of the Via dei Tribunali (the "street of the courthouses"), in the neighbourhood of San Lorenzo, once known as the ''"Via della Vicaria"'', since the ''Vicaria'' (the still-prominent Palazzo Ricca, Naples, Palazzo Ricca at the east end of the street) housed the main tribunal under the Spanish viceroys.

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External links

Storiacity.it: Zona Vicaria Vecchia

Napolipiu.com: Come nasce il detto o trummetto a Vicaria

Storienapoli.it: Etimologia e storia di tutti i quartieri di Napoli

Napoliflash24.it: Immigrazione: Quartiere Vicaria detto il Vasto e Licola, Stato dove sei!
Quartieri of Naples {{Campania-geo-stub