naples

     

Coorinates: 40°50′00″N, 14°15′00″E

Trivia about naples

  • A proverb states "See" this Italian port city "and die"
  • Mount Vesuvius looms over this city
  • Sophia Loren was raised near this large city that's 14 miles from Pompeii
  • In ancient times this city in Campania was called Neapolis
  • British diplomat William Hamilton pioneered the study of volcanoes while posted in this Italian city
  • The Teatro San Carlo, one of Italy's largest opera houses, was built in this city by the bay in 1816
  • In 1734 this city near Mount Vesuvius became the capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
  • Santa Lucia,Mediterraneo,Vesuvio
  • Niccolo Jommelli, "The Italian Gluck", came from this southern city known for songs like "O Sole Mio"
  • Capri sits at the entrance to the bay of this Italian city
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives us a sign linguistic demonstration.) An 1832 book on the gestures of this southern city includes "Mm-wah, perfecto!"--& many others we can't show you
  • The ancient Greeks founded this Italian city around 600 B.C. & gave it a name meaning "New City"
  • In 1343 Joanna was a teen queen of a kingdom with the name of this large port city near Pompeii
  • Genuine pizza pies in the style of this southern Italian city are cooked in wood-fire ovens at 905 degrees F.