Naples (Italian: Napoli [ˈnaːpoli] ( listen), Neapolitan: Napule) is the capital of Campania and the third-largest city in Italy, after Rome and Milan. As of 2012, it has a population of around 960,000 within its administrative limits, on a land area of 117.3 km (45 sq mi). The wider urban area of Naples extends over 777 km (300 sq mi), and has a population of above 3 million, constituting the 10th-most populous urban area in the European Union. ...
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Naples (Italian: Napoli [ˈnaːpoli] ( listen), Neapolitan: Napule) is the capital of Campania and the third-largest city in Italy, after Rome and Milan. As of 2012, it has a population of around 960,000 within its administrative limits, on a land area of 117.3 km (45 sq mi). The wider urban area of Naples extends over 777 km (300 sq mi), and has a population of above 3 million, constituting 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.
Founded around the 9th century BC as a Greek colony, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Originally named Parthenope (Παρθενόπη) and later Neápolis (Νεάπολις – English: New City), it was among the foremost cities of Magna Graecia, playing a key role in the merging of Greek culture into Roman society. Naples eventually became a cultural centre of the Roman Republic; the...
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