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Naples (/ ˈneɪpəlz / NAY-pəlz; Italian: Napoli [ˈnaːpoli] ⓘ; Neapolitan: Napule [ˈnɑːpələ]) [ a ] is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, [ 3 ] after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. [ 4 ] Its province-level municipality is the third ...
The history of Naples is long and varied, dating to Greek settlements established in the Naples area in the 2nd millennium BC. [ 1 ] During the end of the Greek Dark Ages a larger mainland colony – initially known as Parthenope – developed on the Pizzofalcone hill in the 8th century BC, [ 2 ] and was refounded as Neapolis in the 6th century ...
L'affirmation du milieu comtal et la construction des états féodaux sous les Angevins de Naples (1265–1435), Paris: Publibook, ISBN 978-2748367409; Sakellariou, Eleni (2012), Southern Italy in the Late Middle Ages: Demographic, Institutional, and Economic Change in the Kingdom of Naples, c. 1440–c. 1530, Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-22406-3
Website. www.regione.campania.it. Campania[ a ] is an administrative 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 Islands and the island of Capri. The capital of the Campania region is Naples. [ 6 ]
1349 – Earthquake. 1368 – Certosa di San Martino inaugurated. 1382 – Argonauts of Saint Nicholas instituted. 1438 – Renato of Anjou is the king of Naples. 1442 – Alfonso V of Aragon conquers Naples. Naples became the capital of the Crown of Aragon. [6] 1471 – Printing press in operation.
Union with France (1501–1504) Upon his death in 1480, René of Anjou transferred his claim to his nephew, Charles IV, Duke of Anjou. Charles died in 1481 and willed his claim to Louis XI of France. His son Charles VIII attempted to take Naples by force, but failed and died childless in 1498.
Naples (Italy) and its immediate surroundings preserve an archaeological heritage of inestimable value and among the best in the world. For example, the archaeological park of the Phlegraean Fields (Cumae, Baiae, the Flavian Amphitheatre and the Pozzuoli forum) is directly connected to the centre of Naples through the Cumana railway, and the nearby sites of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae and ...
The Capetian House of Anjou, or House of Anjou-Sicily, or House of Anjou-Naples was a royal house and cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. It is one of three separate royal houses referred to as Angevin, meaning "from Anjou" in France. Founded by Charles I of Anjou, the youngest son of Louis VIII of France, the Capetian king first ruled the ...