Barano d'Ischia is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in the

Metropolitan City of Naples The Metropolitan City of Naples ( it, Città metropolitana di Napoli) is an Italian metropolitan city in Campania region, established on 1 January 2015. Its capital city is Naples; within the city there are 92 comunes (municipalities). It was ...

in the

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region

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, located in the south-west area of

Ischia Ischia ( , , ) is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples, about from Naples. It is the largest of the Phlegrean Islands. Roughly trapezoidal in shape, it measures approximately east to west ...

island, about 30 km southwest 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 ...

. It is after

Forio Forio (known also as ''Forio of Ischia'') is a town and '' comune'' of c. 17,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Naples, southern Italy, situated on the island of Ischia. Overview Its territory includes the town of Panza, the only ''fraz ...

the largest ''comune'' in size of the island, although not one of the most populated. Its territory is composed by several small villages: Buonopane, Piedimonte, Fiaiano, Testaccio (no one of this small villages has become a ''frazione''); Testaccio was formerly an independent municipality. Barano d'Ischia borders the following municipalities:

Casamicciola Terme Casamicciola Terme is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located in the northern part of the Ischia Island. Geography Casamicciola Terme borders the following municipalities: Barano d'Is ...

Serrara Fontana Serrara Fontana is a ''comune'' (municipality) on the Ischia island, in the Metropolitan City of Naples of the Italian region Campania. It is the highest and the smallest ''comune'' of the island. It was created by the union of the former villages ...

History and main sights

The area was first settled by the

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, who had a

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here. Main sights include: *The Pilastri aqueduct (1470) *Church of St. John the Baptist (15th century), one of the most ancient in the island. It houses a canvas by a Caravaggist. *Saracen Tower, in the ''village'' of Testaccio *Windmills in Montebarano

External links

Official website

References

Cities and towns in Campania Ischia {{Campania-geo-stub