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Afragola
Afragola (; nap, Afrahola , ) is a city and '' comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in Italy. It is one of the 100 largest Italian cities (the ones that have a population of more than 63,000 inhabitants). The communal territory, measuring , borders the municipalities of Acerra, Casalnuovo di Napoli, Caivano, Cardito and Casoria, forming a single metropolitan area of around 100,000 inhabitants. The ''comune'' of Afragola is one of the most densely populated of the country. History The area of modern Afragola was already settled in ancient times by the Samnites. Older remains, belonging to an early Bronze Age settlement buried by a Vesuvius eruption in the 19th century BC, were found in 2005. According to a tradition now recognized as false, the town was founded in the Middle Ages, in 1140, by Roger II of Sicily, who assigned the land to its veterans. It is more likely that the city stemmed from the merger of several villages and churches already existing here. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casalnuovo Di Napoli
Casalnuovo di Napoli () is an Italian ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples. The municipality of Casalnuovo di Napoli contains the ''frazioni'' (hamlets) of: Casarea, Tavernanova, Licignano and Talona. Casalnuovo di Napoli borders the following municipalities: Acerra, Afragola, Casoria, Pollena Trocchia, Pomigliano d'Arco, Sant'Anastasia, Volla, Somma Vesuviana . The municipal capital stands on the ruins of Archora, one of the villages that had given rise to the neighboring city of Afragola , and also includes the suppressed municipality of Licignano di Napoli, corresponding to the Roman settlement of Licinianum. It also includes the towns of Tavernanova and Casarea, acquired in 1929 by spin-off from the municipalities of Pomigliano d'Arco and Afragola. From an ecclesiastical point of view, instead, the parishes are divided between the archdiocese of Naples (city centre and Casarea f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 10 (Naples Metro)
Line 10 ( Italian: ''Linea dieci'') of Metropolitana di Napoli is a proposed rapid transit line in the Italian city of Naples, also reaching the adjacent city of Afragola. History In July 2003, the City of Naples adopted a plan for a line (''Metro of Casoria'') that would have connected the city centre (Piazza Cavour, connecting with Lines 1 and 2) to Naples International Airport at Capodichino (connecting with line 1), the neighboring municipality of Casoria and the then-planned Napoli Afragola railway station in the municipality of Afragola. In July 2020, plans for the line were reactivated, with construction on this line possibly beginning as soon as 2021, and is expected to generate 150,000 daily passengers, or 43 million annually. Stations * Cavour * Foria-Orto Botanico * Carlo III * Ottocalli * Leonardo Bianchi * Di Vittorio * Casavatore-San Pietro * Casoria-Casavatore * Casoria Centro * Casoria-Afragola * Afragola Garibaldi * Afragola Centro * Afragola Stazione Alta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaha Hadid
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid ( ar, زها حديد ''Zahā Ḥadīd''; 31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi-British architect, artist and designer, recognised as a major figure in architecture of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Hadid studied mathematics as an undergraduate and then enrolled at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in 1972. In search of an alternative system to traditional architectural drawing, and influenced by Suprematism and the Russian avant-garde, Hadid adopted painting as a design tool and abstraction as an investigative principle to "reinvestigate the aborted and untested experiments of Modernism ..to unveil new fields of building." She was described by ''The Guardian'' as the "Queen of the curve", who "liberated architectural geometry, giving it a whole new expressive identity". Her major works include the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympics, the Broad Art Museum, Rome's MAXXI Muse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples Metro
The Naples Metro ( it, Metropolitana di Napoli; nap, Metrupulitana 'e Napule) is the rapid transit system serving the city of Naples, Italy. The system comprises three underground rapid transit lines ( Line 1, Line 6 and the Naples-Aversa Metro). History In 1911, construction on the urban section of the Rome–Formia–Naples railway, the Villa Literno–Napoli Gianturco railway was commenced, and although it was suspended for the duration of World War I, the line was eventually opened on 28 September 1925 as an urban railway service line, the first in Italy. This service is now known as Line 2. After World War II, the existing Circumvesuviana railway was upgraded to a modern commuter rail, and also the Cumana railway became relevant for the commuter transport. In 1962, the Circumflegrea railway was opened. Construction of the first underground metro railway ( Line 1) began in 1976, and the first part opened on 28 March 1993. Initially called the ''Metropolitana Colli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Mozzillo
Angelo Mozzillo (24 October 1736 in Afragola – May 1810, in Nola) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque, active near Naples, Italy. He initially trained with a Giuseppe Bonito (Peppariello). After 1758, he left Afragola and moved to Nola. He then moved to study in the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples under Giuseppe Bonito and Paolo de Maio. In Nola Nola is a town and a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, southern Italy. It lies on the plain between Mount Vesuvius and the Apennines. It is traditionally credited as the diocese that introduced bells to Christian wo ..., he painted several painting: an ''Immaculate Conception'' for the Cappella Nuova; a ''San Nicola di Bari'', and a ''St Francesco di Paola''. He also painted for the church of San Raffaele, Naples. , e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Marco In Sylvis, Afragola
San Marco in Sylvis is a Roman Catholic church located in Afragola, Metropolitan city of Naples, region of Campania, Italy. History A church at the site is first documented from 1179, patronized by King William II of Sicily. The church has undergone various reconstructions over the centuries, including a major refurbishment in 1563 It contains a series of 16th century frescoes. It putatively contains a stone upon which St Mark sat, which is venerated for its ability to heal the sick through miracles. short history. References References {{coord missing, Italy 12th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Churches in the Metropolitan City of Naples ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius ( ; it, Vesuvio ; nap, 'O Vesuvio , also or ; la, Vesuvius , also , or ) is a somma- stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes forming the Campanian volcanic arc. Vesuvius consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera, resulting from the collapse of an earlier, much higher structure. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, Stabiae, and several other settlements. The eruption ejected a cloud of stones, ashes and volcanic gases to a height of , erupting molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of per second. More than 1,000 people are thought to have died in the eruption, though the exact toll is unknown. The only surviving eyewitness account of the event consists of two letters by Pliny the Younger to the historian Tacitus. Vesuvius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and established by Law 56/2014, thus replacing the Province of Naples in 2015. The Metropolitan City of Naples is headed by the metropolitan mayor () and the metropolitan council (). Since 18 October 2021, its head has been Gaetano Manfredi, mayor of the capital city. Demography and territory The city is 96th out of 110 Italian provinces and metropolitan cities by landmass, with an area (1,171 km2 including islands) that is smaller than the core ''comune'' of Rome (1,287 km2). Naples is, however, Italy's third largest metropolitan city by population, making it one of the most densely populated areas in Europe; the metropolitan region also includes the municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casoria
Casoria (; nap, Casòria) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples. Casoria borders the following municipalities: Afragola, Arzano, Cardito, Casalnuovo di Napoli, Casavatore, Frattamaggiore, Naples, Volla. History The name of Casoria is mentioned for the first time in documents from 993 to 998, connected to the ''casa aurea raviosa'' (Italian: ''"Casa d'Oro di Raviosa"'', in English: "Golden House of Raviosa") mentioned in other documents from 952 to 988. However, numerous findings have proven that the territory was inhabited several centuries BCE. The village of Casoria developed after the year 1000 AD, thanks to the Benedictine monastery of San Gregorio Armeno of Naples. In the 13th century it was a fief of the archbishop of Naples. In 1580 it was acquired by the Royal Estate of the Kingdom of Naples. In 1815 it was made capital of a ''circondario'' of the Kingdom of the Two Sicili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardito
Cardito ( nap, Cardít) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples. Cardito borders the following municipalities: Afragola, Caivano, Casoria, Crispano, Frattamaggiore. It was once mainly known for its strawberry and asparagus production; now also buffalo mozzarella Mozzarella (, ; nap, muzzarella ) is a southern Italian cheese traditionally made from Italian buffalo's milk by the pasta filata method. Fresh mozzarella is generally white but when seasoned it turns to a light yellow depending on the anim ... is produced. The city was perhaps founded by people from the nearby Atella around 350-300 BC. It is connected by the SS 87 Sannitica national road. References Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria D'Ajello, Afragola
Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve of toys and candy or coal or nothing, depending on whether they are "naughty or nice". In the legend, he accomplishes this with the aid of Christmas elves, who make the toys in his workshop, often said to be at the North Pole, and flying reindeer who pull his sleigh through the air. The modern figure of Santa is based on folklore traditions surrounding Saint Nicholas, the English figure of Father Christmas and the Dutch figure of ''Sinterklaas''. Santa is generally depicted as a portly, jolly, white-bearded man, often with spectacles, wearing a red coat with white fur collar and cuffs, white-fur-cuffed red trousers, red hat with white fur, and black leather belt and boots, carrying a bag full of gifts for childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
