Barano d'Ischia is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Naples
The Metropolitan City of Naples () is a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Naples. The province was established on 1 January 2015 and contains 92 ''comuni'' (: ''comune''). ...
in the
Italian region
Campania
Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...
, located in the south-west area of
Ischia island, about 30 km southwest of
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...
.
It is after
Forio 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,
Ischia,
Serrara Fontana.
History and main sights
The area was first settled by the
Greeks
Greeks or Hellenes (; , ) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Greek Cypriots, Cyprus, Greeks in Albania, southern Albania, Greeks in Turkey#History, Anatolia, parts of Greeks in Italy, Italy and Egyptian Greeks, Egypt, and to a l ...
, who had a
nymphaeum 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
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