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Ischia (/ ˈ ɪ s k i ə / ISK-ee-ə, Italian:, Neapolitan:) is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples , about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the city of Naples .
Ischia is a town and one of the six comuni on Ischia island, in the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of about 18,000, it is the largest settlement on the island. Administratively, it is part of the Metropolitan city of Naples, in the Campania region of Southern Italy. It is famed for its thermal baths due to the volcanic nature of the island.
In the 20th century, Ischia inspired at least two well-known English language poets. Ischia was the site where W.H. Auden composed one of his most famous poems, In Praise of Limestone. And the American Poet, Theodore Roethke, dedicated his poem The Storm, to "Forio d'Ischia" as printed in Selected Poems of Theodore Rothke (Library of America ...
Map of the Campanian Archipelago Statue of Augustus & Faraglioni rocks, Capri. The five principal islands are all administered by the Metropolitan City of Naples: Capri and; the 4 Phlegraean Islands: Ischia & its companion islet, the Aragonese Castle; Nisida, Procida, and; Vivara. Nearby islets and skerries are usually included in the ...
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In the classical epoch, some Phlegraean Islands were called Pithecussae, the Greek Pithekousai (Πιθηκοῦσαι, ‘islands of monkeys’).A Greek myth tells of two brigands, the Cercopes of Ephesus, who played pranks on Zeus, who then punished them by turning them into monkeys and exiling them to the islands of Aenaria (Ischia) and Prochyta (Procida).
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Regional map of the Gulf of Naples. Topographic map of the Gulf of Naples and Mount Vesuvius Map of the Gulf of Napoli 1754. The Gulf of Naples (Italian: Golfo di Napoli), also called the Bay of Naples, is a roughly 15-kilometer-wide (9.3 mi) gulf located along the south-western coast of Italy (Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania region).