Sant'Anastasia (; ) is a (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Naples
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in the
Italian
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region
Campania
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, located about northeast of
Naples
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.
Sant'Anastasia borders the following municipalities:
Casalnuovo di Napoli
Casalnuovo di Napoli (; ) is an Italian (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italy, Italian region of Campania, located about northeast of Naples.
The municipality of Casalnuovo di Napoli contains the ''frazione, frazioni'' ...
,
Ercolano
Ercolano () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania of Southern Italy. It lies at the western foot of Mount Vesuvius, on the Bay of Naples, just southeast of the city of Naples. The medieval town of Resina () was bui ...
,
Pollena Trocchia
Pollena Trocchia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 11 km east of Naples.
It was created in 1811 from two already existing villages, Pollena and Trocchia, both of ...
,
Pomigliano d'Arco
Pomigliano d'Arco is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, located north of Mount Vesuvius.
It is known for its industrial pole among the largest and most influential in southern Italy. In the industrial area there is, among ...
,
Somma Vesuviana
Somma Vesuviana is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, southern Italy.
History
Before the Roman colonisation, the area of today's Somma Vesuviana was probably inhabited by Italic peoples like Samnites and Oscans ...
. It is located in the
Vesuvius National Park
Vesuvius National Park () is an Italian national park centered on the active volcano Vesuvius, southeast from Naples. The park was founded on June 5, 1995, and covers an area of around 135 square kilometers all located within the Province of Nap ...
, at the feet of the
Monte Somma
Mount Somma () is a mountain located in the Province of Naples, in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is high. It is an integral part of the Somma–Vesuvius volcanic complex and of the larger Campanian volcanic arc, which is known for it ...
(the Vesuvius' most ancient crater).
Twin towns - Sister cities
Sant'Anastasia is
twinned with:
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Bethlehem
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,
Palestine
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References
Cities and towns in Campania
Mount Vesuvius
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