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Italy. Kingdom of Naples, state covering the southern portion of the Italian Peninsula from the Middle Ages to 1860. It was often united politically with Sicily. By the early 12th century the Normans had carved out a state in southern Italy and Sicily in areas formerly held by the Byzantines, Lombards, and Muslims.
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The history of Naples probably began around the 8th century BC with the founding of Neapolis, or 'new city', as it was known. It lay close to the much older Greek settlement of Palaepolis in the Gulf of Naples. Over the centuries, the settlement attracted many immigrants. However, it remained very much a Greek colony, with the Greek language ...
Kingdom of Italy 1861–1946. Italian Republic 1946–present. Map of Parthenope (Palaeopolis) and Neapolis. 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 ...
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The 1800s saw revolutions and returns to monarchy under the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, but when Italy was unified in 1860 the people of Naples voted to join the country, and so the Kingdom of Italy was founded in 1861. Modern Naples. Following the unification of Italy, Naples lost much of the importance that it had once held.
Description. Maps. Documents. Gallery. Indicators. Historic Centre of Naples. From the Neapolis founded by Greek settlers in 470 B.C. to the city of today, Naples has retained the imprint of the successive cultures that emerged in Europe and the Mediterranean basin.
Kingdom of Naples, Former kingdom comprising the southern portion of the Italian peninsula. The region was held successively by Romans, Byzantines, Lombards, and Saracens before it was conquered by Normans in the 11th century and incorporated into their kingdom of Sicily .
1734: the Marinara, the first pizza in history, was born. 1735: the first Chair of Astronomy in Italy was established in Naples. 1737: San Carlo, Europe's first opera house still active, was founded. 1751: the "Real Albergo dei Poveri" building started to accommodate and provide work for some eight thousand beggars.
