Naples


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Europe, Italy Seaport, City Naples

City (1991 pop. 1,067,365), (cap.) Campania and of Naples prov., S central Italy, on the Bay of Naples (an arm of the Tyrrhenian Sea); 40º50'N 14º15'E. It is a major seaport, with shipyard. An anc. Gr. colony, Naples was mentioned as Parthenope, Palaepolis, and Neapolis. It was conquered (4th cent. B.C.) by the Romans. In the 6th cent. A.D., Naples passed under Byzantine rule; in the 8th cent. it became an independent duchy. The city suffered severe damage in World War II.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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