The term "Magna Grecia" is used to describe the area occupied by Greek colonization outside of the immediate area of the Aegean Sea (in the center of the map on the left). This wave of colonization ...

There, now that I have your attention, this is about aqueducts. The Roman aqueduct to supply the idle rich, the merchants and the imperial sailors with water was extensive and, indeed, an impressive ...

I suppose if Bagnoli had won its bid to host the 2007 America's Cup, a splendid new harbor in Bagnoli would be well on its way to completion, and that blighted section of the Gulf of Naples would be a ...

Charles VIII of France invaded Naples in the late 1490's. This attempt to take over southern Italy failed, and he was sent packing back to France. The kingdom of Naples then became part of the Spanish ...

In De Architectura (known in English as The Ten Books of Architecture) Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio has given us the famous "Eureka" story having to do with Archimedes. The Sage of Syracuse ...

One of the prominent tourist attractions on the island of Capri is the Casa rossa (Red house) in the town of Anacapri. It is more than red; it is Pompeian red and stands out prominently on the main ...

A number of charitable organizations and local sponsors joined forces beginning the week of April 24 to bring to the grounds of the Villa Comunale two significant exhibitions (1) to raise funds for ...

Even the authoritative--if highly opinionated--Catholic encyclopedia at newadvent.org seems unsure about this, so you're in good company. On the one hand, they follow the standard history of the ...

If you think you understand what was happening in southern Italy between the coming of the Angevin dynasty in 1200s and its departure in the 1400s, then you really have not been paying attention. And ...

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La motonave partì poco dopo le 22 dal porto di Pozzuoli, la sera di domenica, mentre Napoli era in festa. Ti presentasti a bordo, pibe, con un incredibile abito viola, Claudia con te. La motonave era ...