The site of Pompeii is dose to which city, the capital of Italy's Campania region?
"1822 and others had sketched and produced engravings of the site. In 1823, Bryullov arrived in Rome with his brother Aleksandr via Venice and Florence. Aleksandr was a participant in a scientific study and restoration of the Pompeii baths in 1825–26, which led to the publication of his book ""Thermes de Pompéi"" in Paris in 1829, and Karl may have visited Pompeii in 1824. He saw Alessandro Sanquirico's set designs for Giovanni Pacini's opera ""L'ultimo giorno di Pompei"" (1825), which was performed at Naples and at La Scala, Milan, and visited the Naples museum to study artefacts recovered from Pompeii."
"Pompei Pompei is a city and ""comune"" in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, home of the ancient Roman ruins part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Modern Pompei was founded in 1891 after the building of the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompei by Bartolo Longo. The town of Pompei is located at the eastern borders of its province, and its urban area is contiguous with Scafati, in the Province of Salerno. It borders also with Torre Annunziata, Castellammare di Stabia, Boscoreale, Santa Maria la Carità and Sant'Antonio Abate. The city is mainly famous for the ruins of"
"Pozzuoli Pozzuoli (; ; ) is a city and ""comune"" of the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the Italian region of Campania. It is the main city of the Phlegrean Peninsula. Pozzuoli began as the Greek colony of ""Dicaearchia"" (). The Roman colony was established in 194 BC, and took the name ""Puteoli"" which it has his roots from 'puteus', meaning well (also used by sibyls to predict the future) and 'osco fistulus' (cave). An alternative etymology of Puteoli from the Latin ""puteo"" (to stink), referring to the sulfuric smell in the area, most notably from Solfatara. This is because"
"center of a triangle nicknamed ""Tourist Triangle of the 3 P"" (namely a triangle with the corners in Pompei, Paestum and Positano). This peculiarity gives Salerno special tourist characteristics that are increased by the many local points of tourist interest like the ""Lungomare Trieste"" (""Trieste Seafront Promenade""), the ""Castello di Arechi"" (""Arechis' Castle""), the ""Duomo"" (cathedral) and the ""Museo Didattico della Scuola Medica Salernitana"" (""Educational Museum of the Salernitan Medical School""). Singer Salerno is twinned with: Salerno Salerno (; , ) is a city and ""comune"" in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the province of the same"
"Province of Salerno The Province of Salerno (; Campanian: ) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 131,950; Cava de' Tirreni, Battipaglia and Nocera Inferiore, all having around 50,000 inhabitants. The province has an area of , and a total population of about 1.1 million. There are 158 ""comuni"", the one with the largest area being Eboli. The Amalfi Coast — a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997 — is located within the province, attracting tens of thousands of tourists from all around"
"has UNESCO World Heritage Site status and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year. Excavations recommenced in 2018 in the unexplored ""Regio V"" area of the city and new discoveries are being reported. Pompeii () in Latin is a second declension plural noun (""Pompeiī, -ōrum""). According to Theodor Kraus, ""The root of the word Pompeii would appear to be the Oscan word for the number five, ""pompe"", which suggests that either the community consisted of five hamlets or, perhaps, it was settled by a family group (""gens Pompeia"")."" The ruins"
"Naples Naples (; ; ; ; ) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest municipality in Italy after Rome and Milan. In 2017, around 967,069 people lived within the city's administrative limits while its province-level municipality has a population of 3,115,320 residents. Its continuously built-up metropolitan area (that stretches beyond the boundaries of the Metropolitan City of Naples) is the second or third largest metropolitan area in Italy. First settled by Greeks in the second millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the ninth century BC, a colony known"
"Benevento Benevento (; ; ) is a city and ""comune"" of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the Sabato. It is also the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishop. Around Benevento there is an urban area with 110,000 inhabitants. Benevento occupies the site of the ancient Beneventum, originally Maleventum or still earlier Maloenton. The meaning of the name of the town is evidenced by its former Latin name, translating as good or fair wind. In the"
"Montesarchio Montesarchio (Latin: Caudium; Greek: ; ) is a ""comune"" in the Province of Benevento, Campania, southern Italy. It is located south-east of Benevento in the Valle Caudina at the foot of Monte Taburno. The commune was granted the official status of City (""Città"") by a presidential decree of 31 July 1977. Montesarchio is the site of ancient Caudium, an ancient city of Apulia et Calabria, situated on the road from Beneventum (modern Benevento) to Capua. It seems probable that it was in early times a place of importance, and the capital or chief city of the tribe called the"
"A mannerist cloister leads to the church, and a later 17th-century cloister has loggias supported by rusticated columns. These features add to the general baroque character of the building. The chapter house has been adapted for the Museo Archeologico della Lucania Occidentale, which has many ancient artifacts dating from Roman times. The Monti Picentini area is home to the eponymous regional park, which is home to several natural preserves. Province of Salerno The Province of Salerno (; Campanian: ) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has"
"the Germans massacred 110 civilians, in one of the bloodiest massacres in Campania; a memorial was erected to the victims. <br> Acerra Acerra is a town and ""commune"" of Campania, southern Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Naples, about northeast of the capital in Naples. It is part of the Agro Acerrano plain. Acerra is one of the most ancient cities of the region, probably founded by the Osci with the name of Akeru (, ). It first appears in history as an independent city during the great war of the Campanians and Latins against Rome; shortly after the conclusion"
"Caserta Caserta ( ; ) is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial and industrial ""comune"" and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Campanian Subapennine mountain range. The city is best known for the Palace of Caserta. Modern Caserta was established around the defensive tower built in Lombard times by Pando, Prince of Capua. Pando destroyed the original city around 863. The tower is now part of the Palazzo della Prefettura which was once the seat of the"
"areas in Europe. Caivano Caivano () is a city and ""comune"" (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 14 km northeast of Naples. The municipality contains the ""frazioni"" Casolla Valenzano and Pascarola. Pascarola is home to a large industrial area. There are remains of an ancient Roman theater in Casolla. Caivano was the first capital of Old Atella; it was replaced by Frattamaggiore. Caivano has been heavily damaged by the waste traffic of the Camorra. It's one of the main spots of the Land of the Fires. The town's outskirts are one of"
"Capua Capua is a city and ""comune"" in the province of Caserta, in the region of Campania, southern Italy, situated north of Naples, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain. The name of Capua comes from the Etruscan ""Capeva"". The meaning is 'City of Marshes'. Its foundation is attributed by Cato the Elder to the Etruscans, and the date given as about 260 years before it was ""taken"" by Rome. If this is true it refers not to its capture in the Second Punic War (211 BC) but to its submission to Rome in 338 BC, placing the date"
"Campanian Archipelago The Campanian Archipelago (), also called Neapolitan Archipelago (""""), is an archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea, in southwestern Italy. It principally comprises 5 islands: Capri, Ischia, Nisida, Procida, and Vivara. Most of the archipelago belongs to the Metropolitan City of Naples (and previously part of the Province of Naples). The five principal islands are all administered by the Metropolitan City of Naples: Nearby islets and skerries are usually included in the archipelago as well: Most of these minor islets belong to Naples as well, except the Sirenuse (Galli), which belong to the Province of Salerno. The ancient name"
"the ancient city of Pompeii, located in the zone of Pompei Scavi. The Shrine of Our Lady of Pompei, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, has become a site for Catholic pilgrimages in recent years. It houses a canvas by Luca Giordano. It was founded by a convert who experienced a divine grace from Blessed Virgin Mary; miracles are reported since its foundation and the Rosary is a devotion associated with great graces for anyone who faithfully prays it. The ex-votos that cover the walls of the church are an impressive testimonial of the miracles granted from Blessed Virgin"
"Pagani, Campania Pagani () is a town and ""comune"" in Campania, Italy, administratively part of the Province of Salerno. It had 35,834 inhabitants, as of 2016. In the period before the Roman supremacy in southern Italy, Taurania appears to have been the chief town in the valley of the Sarnus, Herculaneum, Pompeii, Stabiae and Surrentum all being dependent upon it. It maintained its allegiance to Rome till 309 BC when it joined the revolted Samnites. In 308 BC it repulsed a Roman attempt to land at the mouth of the Sarnus, but in 307 BC it was besieged and surrendered."
"Atripalda Atripalda (Irpino: ) is a town and ""comune"" in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy. The town is the home of the ruins of ""Abellinum"", the Ancient Roman Avellino. Part of the urban area of Avellino, Atripalda is bordered by the municipalities of Aiello del Sabato, Avellino, Cesinali, Manocalzati, San Potito Ultra, Santo Stefano del Sole and Sorbo Serpico. The final exit ""Avellino"" of the RA02 motorway from Salerno is located in west of Atripalda, and the A16 exit ""Avellino Est"", near its eastern suburb. A dual carriageway from Mercogliano and Avellino links both the motorways and crosses"
"Sarno Sarno is a town and ""comune"" and former Latin Catholic bishopric of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 20 km northeast from the city of Salerno and 60 km east of Naples by the main railway. It lies at the foot of the Apennine Mountains, near the sources of the Sarno River, called Sarnus in ancient times, a stream connected by canal with Pompei and the sea. Paper, cotton, silk, linen and hemp are manufactured. The travertine which forms round the springs of the Sarno was used even at ancient Pompeii as building material. The area of Sarno"
"Minori, Campania Minori (Campanian: ) is a town and a ""comune"" in the province of Salerno, in the Campania region of south-western Italy. In 1997, as a part of the Amalfi Coast, it was declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage site. Anciently among the preferred vacation spots of the imperial Roman aristocracy – as evidenced by the discovery of a sumptuous villa dating back to the 1st century AD – the town is nowadays a popular tourist destination for its Tyrrhenian waters, natural landscapes, as well as tasty pastry products, which attract many tourists looking for the authentic flavors"
"Avellino Avellino is a town and ""comune"", capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains northeast of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. Before the Roman conquest, the ancient Abellinum was a centre of the Samnite Hirpini, located on the Civita hill some outside the current town, in what is now Atripalda. The city could correspond to the ancient ""Velecha"", documented by coins found in the area. ""Abellinum"" was conquered by the Romans in 293 BC, changing name several"
"Boscoreale Boscoreale (; ) is an Italian ""comune ""and town in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, with a population of 27,457 in 2011. Located in the Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio, under the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, it is known for the fruit and vineyards of Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio. There is also a fine Vesuvian lava stone production. The neighbourhood of Monte Bursaccio which was overcome by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD that obliterated and preserved its better-known neighbours, Pompeii and Herculaneum, is famous for the frescoes of its aristocratic villas, excavated before World War I. A"
"Salerno Salerno (; , ) is a city and ""comune"" in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. The city is divided into three distinct zones: the medieval sector, the 19th century sector and the more densely populated post-war area, with its several apartment blocks. Salerno was an independent Lombard principality, Principality of Salerno, in the early Middle Ages. During this time, the Schola Medica Salernitana, the first medical school in the world, was founded. In the 16th century, under the"
"the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius; alternatively it may be linked to a Roman consul named Palma who held office at the beginning of the first century CE. The oldest building still standing is the ninth-century church of San Martino, in the ""frazione"" Vico. The earliest extant documentary record of the place dates to 997. During the Middle Ages the town's fortunes were linked to the noble families Di Palma, Orsini, Della Tolfa, Pignatelli, Di Bologna, Caracciolo, Salluzzo, and Compagna. Palma Campania Palma Campania (), known until 1863 as Palma di Nola, is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of"
"counts a total of 4 station. Pompei Santuario (P. Sanctuary, in the middle of the town) and Pompei Valle (close to Pompeii) lies on the Torre Annunziata-Pompei-Poggiomarino line. Pompei Scavi-Villa dei Misteri (serving the Villa of the Mysteries) and Moregine lie on the Naples-Torre Annunziata-Castellammare-Sorrento line. The nearest airports are: Pompei Pompei is a city and ""comune"" in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, home of the ancient Roman ruins part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Modern Pompei was founded in 1891 after the building of the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompei by Bartolo Longo. The town"
"Somma Vesuviana Somma Vesuviana is a town and ""comune"" in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, southern Italy. Before the Roman colonisation, the area of today's Somma Vesuviana was probably inhabited by Italic peoples like Samnites and Oscans. Later it became a vacation place for the rich patricians of Rome, who built magnificent villas in the area. A villa was discovered in the 1930s in the ""frazione"" of Starza della Regina, and interpreted at the time as that of emperor Augustus at Nola where he probably passed his last days of life. In 2002 excavations on the villa started again"
"Casagiove Casagiove is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about west of Caserta. It was built in an area previously colonized by the ancient Greeks. In fact its name means ""Jupiter's house"", due to its ancient temple dedicated to this divinity. The Appian Way, the Roman road which linked Rome to southern Italy, passed by here. On Casagiove's hill Hannibal, before his failed attempt to invade Rome, stopped for some weeks. Casagiove housed numerous people who were working for the construction of the Royal Palace of Caserta. Later it became a military"
"Lecce Lecce ( ; Salentino: ; Griko: , , ) is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Apulia. It is the main city of the Salentine Peninsula, a sub-peninsula at the heel of the Italian Peninsula and is over 2,000 years old. Because of the rich Baroque architectural monuments found in the city, Lecce is commonly nicknamed ""The Florence of the South"". The city also has a long traditional affinity with"
"Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy. The modern settlement, directly to the south of the archaeological site, is a popular seaside resort, with long sandy beaches. Much the most celebrated features of the site today are the three large temples in the Archaic version of the Greek Doric order, dating from about 550 to 450 BC. All are typical of the period, with massive colonnades having a very pronounced entasis (widening as they go down), and very wide capitals resembling upturned mushrooms. Above the columns, only the second Temple of Hera retains most of its entablature, the other two having only"
"Caivano Caivano () is a city and ""comune"" (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 14 km northeast of Naples. The municipality contains the ""frazioni"" Casolla Valenzano and Pascarola. Pascarola is home to a large industrial area. There are remains of an ancient Roman theater in Casolla. Caivano was the first capital of Old Atella; it was replaced by Frattamaggiore. Caivano has been heavily damaged by the waste traffic of the Camorra. It's one of the main spots of the Land of the Fires. The town's outskirts are one of the most contaminated"
"Capri, Campania Capri is a municipality, in the Metropolitan City of Naples, situated on the island of Capri in Italy. It comprises the centre and East of the island, while the West belongs to Anacapri. Sights in the municipality include Via Krupp, Faraglioni, Arco Naturale, Villa Lysis, Villa Malaparte. The Palazzo a Mare are the most extensive Roman remains upon Capri's littoral zone. There are ferries and hydrofoil from Naples port Mergellina and Molo Beverello, Sorrento, Positano and Amalfi to the port of Capri. From the port of Marina Grande the Capri funicular climbs to Capri town above. The nearest"
"County, New Jersey. Avellino Avellino is a town and ""comune"", capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains northeast of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. Before the Roman conquest, the ancient Abellinum was a centre of the Samnite Hirpini, located on the Civita hill some outside the current town, in what is now Atripalda. The city could correspond to the ancient ""Velecha"", documented by coins found in the area. ""Abellinum"" was conquered by the Romans in 293 BC,"
"have played at the 33,786-seater Stadio Via del Mare. The official sister cities of Lecce are: Lecce Lecce ( ; Salentino: ; Griko: , , ) is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Apulia. It is the main city of the Salentine Peninsula, a sub-peninsula at the heel of the Italian Peninsula and is over 2,000 years old. Because of the rich Baroque architectural monuments found in the city, Lecce is"