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4 days ago · Campania was a full-fledged part of the Roman Republic by the end of the 4th century BC, valued for its pastures and rich countryside. Naples, with its Greek language and customs, made it a centre of Hellenistic culture for the Romans, creating the first traces of Greco-Roman culture.
2 days ago · Introduction. Naples, a city steeped in history and culture, is home to one of Italy‘s most remarkable religious sites: the Naples Cathedral. Also known as the Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta or Duomo di Napoli, this majestic Roman Catholic church has stood as a symbol of faith and resilience for over seven centuries.
5 days ago · As a result, Italy gradually developed into a system of city-states. Southern Italy was governed by the long-lasting Kingdom of Sicily or Kingdom of Naples, which had been established by the Normans. Central Italy was governed by the Pope as a temporal kingdom known as the Papal States.
6 days ago · Following the Italian Wars against France, which concluded in 1559, Spain emerged with control over half of Italy (Kingdom of Naples, Sicily, Sardinia, and the Duchy of Milan) with the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis.
5 days ago · It was a Greek colony founded around the 9th century BC. The Romans later took over the city in the 4th century BC, but the Greek name Neapolis remained and eventually transformed into Napoli in Italian. What did the Romans call Napoli? The Romans referred to Napoli, now known as Naples, as Neapolis.
1 day ago · The opportunity for the Kingdom of Italy to eliminate the Papal States came in 1870; the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in July prompted Napoleon III to recall his garrison from Rome and the collapse of the Second French Empire at the Battle of Sedan deprived Rome of its French protector.
1 day ago · In addition, after centuries of net emigration, since the 1980s Italy has experienced large-scale immigration for the first time in modern history. Italian government data, in its annual report for 2019, estimated the number of foreign nationals residing within Italy, including immigrants, at about 5.234 million. [3]
