About 1600 results for ‘Naples’
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Naples
Naples is the capital of Campania and the third-largest city in Italy, after Rome and Milan. As of 2012, around 960,000 people live within the city's administrative limits. The wider Naples urban area, covering 777 km (300 sq mi), has a population of over 3 million, and is the 10th-most populous urban area in the European Union. Between 4.1 and 4.4 million people live in the overall Naples metropolitan area, one of the largest European cities on the Mediterranean Sea. Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Greek settlements were established on the island of Megaride in the Gulf of Naples as early as the 9th century BC. A larger mainland colony – initially known as Parthenope (Παρθενόπη) – developed around the 7th century BC, and was refounded as Neápolis (Νεάπολις) in the 5th century BC. Naples became a lynchpin of Magna Graecia and played a key role in the merging of Greek culture into Roman society, eventually becoming a cultural centre of the Roman Republic. Naples remained influential after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, serving as the capital city of the Kingdom of Naples between 1282 and 1816. Thereafter, in union with Sicily, it became the capital of the Two Sicilies until the unification of Italy in 1861. During the Neapolitan War of 1815, Naples strongly promoted Italian unification. Naples' historic city centre is the largest in Europe, covering 1,700 hectares (4,200 acres), and is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Over the course of its long history, Naples has been the capital of duchies, kingdoms, and one Empire, and has consistently been a major cultural centre with a global sphere of influence, particularly during the Renaissance and Enlightenment eras. In the immediate vicinity of Naples are numerous sites of great cultural and historical significance, including the Palace of Caserta and the Roman ruins of Pompeii, and Herculaneum. Naples has the fourth-largest urban economy in Italy, after Milan, Rome and Turin. It is the world's 103rd-richest city by purchasing power, with an estimated 2008 GDP of $51 billion, surpassing the economies of Prague and Copenhagen. The port of Naples is one of the most important in Europe, and has the world's second-highest level of passenger flow, after the port of Hong Kong. The city has experienced significant economic growth in recent decades, and unemployment levels in the city and surrounding Campania have decreased since 1999. However, Naples is still characterized by political and economic corruption and a thriving black market, and unemployment levels remain very high. Numerous major Italian companies, such as MSC Cruises Italy S.p. A, are headquartered in Naples. The city hosts NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples, the SRM Institution for Economic Research and the OPE Company and Study Centre. Naples is a full member of the Eurocities network of European cities. The city was selected to become the headquarters of the European institution Acp/Ue and as a City of Literature by UNESCO's Creative Cities Network. The Villa Rosebery, one of three official residences of the President of Italy, can be found in the city's Posillipo district. Naples was the most-bombed Italian city during World War II. Much of the city's 20th-century periphery was constructed under Benito Mussolini's fascist government, and during reconstruction efforts after World War II. In recent decades, Naples has constructed a large business district, the Centro Direzionale, and has developed an advanced transport infrastructure, including an Alta Velocità high-speed rail link to Rome, and an expanded subway network, which is planned to eventually cover half of the region. The city will host the 63rd International Astronautical Congress in October 2012, and will also be the host of the 2013 Universal Forum of Cultures. Naples will additionally host the 6th World Urban Forum in September 2012. Culinarily, the city is synonymous with pizza, which originated in the city. Neapolitan music has furthermore been highly influential, credited with the invention of the romantic guitar and the mandolin, as well as notable contributions to opera and folk standards. Popular characters and historical figures who have come to symbolise the city include Januarius, the patron saint of Naples, the comic figure Pulcinella, and the Sirens from the Greek epic poem the Odyssey.
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- Ethnology
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- Designation:
- caveçon
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- Portrayed subject:
- Lion
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Designation:
- caveçon
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
LES BERGERS AU TOMBEAU D'AMYNTAS
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- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Conversation
- Landscape
- Shepherd
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Achille Etna Michallon
VUE DE NAPLES, PRISE DES HAUTEURS DU VESUVE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Landscape
- Mount Vesuvius
- Naples
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- Date:
- 19th century
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VUE DE NAPLES
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- City
- Landscape
- Littoral zone
- Naples
- Port (disambiguation)
- Sailing ship
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- Date:
- 18th century
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LE BARBIER NAPOLITAIN
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dog
- Game
- Man
- Naples
- Port (disambiguation)
- Service (economics)
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Entrée de l'armée française à Naples. 21 janvier 1799
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- Portrayed subject:
- Boat
- Cadaver
- Fortification
- Infantry
- Naples
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin
JOACHIM MURAT, SOUS-LIEUTENANT AU 12E CHASSEUR EN 1792 (1...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Marshal
- Naples
- Officer (armed forces)
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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ENTREE DE CHARLES VIII A NAPLES.12 MAI 1495
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- Portrayed subject:
- Armour
- Charles VIII of France
- Flag
- Naples
- Regalia
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- Date:
- 19th century
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L'Empereur François Ier d'Autriche et l'impératrice Marie...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bed
- Boy
- Clothing
- Crown (headgear)
- Crown prince
- Dog
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- Date:
- 18th century
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MARIE-ANNUNCIADE-CAROLINE BONAPARTE, REINE DE NAPLES (178...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Caroline Bonaparte
- Dress
- Embroidery
- Girl
- Naples
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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MARIE-JULIE CLARY, REINE DE NAPLES (1777-1845)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Dress
- Embroidery
- Girl
- Julie Clary
- Naples
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LES ARMES DES BOURBONS SOUTENUES PAR LES VERTUS TRIOMPHAN...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Apotheosis
- Fleur-de-lis
- Heracles
- Putto
- Vice
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- Date:
- 18th century
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BAIE DE NAPLES
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bay
- City
- Landscape
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mount Vesuvius
- Naples
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jacques Raymond Brascassat
Vue prise à Sorrente
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Conversation
- Man
- Mandolin
- Mount Vesuvius
- Naples
- Oak
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LE MOLE DE NAPLES
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- House
- Landscape
- Littoral zone
- Market
- Mount Vesuvius
- Naples
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- Date:
- 19th century
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