Castellammare di Stabia

Castellammare di Stabia [kaˌstɛllamˈmaːre di ˈstaːbja] (Neapolitan: Castiellammare 'e Stabia) is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania region, in Italy. It is situated on the Bay of Naples about 30 kilometres (19 miles) southeast of Naples, on the route to Sorrento.

History

Castellammare di Stabia lies next to the ancient Roman city of Stabiae, which was destroyed by the Vesuvio eruption in A.D. 79. The castle the city takes its name from was erected around the 9th century on a hill commanding the southern side of the Gulf of Naples. It was restored during the reign of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen and enlarged by King Charles I of Anjou.

The comune, previously called Castellamare, assumed the name Castellammare on 22 January 1863, and the current name on 31 May 1912.

Excavation of Villas

The excavation of Roman villas preserved by the Eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 is currently underway.

Geography

Castellammare borders with the municipalities of Gragnano, Pimonte, Pompei, Santa Maria la Carità, Torre Annunziata and Vico Equense.^[2]

It counts the hamlets (frazioni) of Fratte, Madonna della Libera, Pioppaino, Ponte Persica, Pozzano, Privati, Quisisana, Scanzano and Varano.

Demographics

Sport

The local football team, SS Juve Stabia, currently plays in Italian Lega Pro/C and is one of the oldest football teams in Italy, having been created in 1907. The "Romeo Menti" stadium where SS Juve Stabia plays is dedicated to Romeo Menti, who played for SS Juve Stabia in 1945 and died in the tragic 1949 Superga air disaster, when a plane crash killed most of the players of Torino FC.

Notable people

Abbagnale, brothers - Italian rowers and several times Olympic world champions. Pair made by Giuseppe (1959) and Carmine (1962) grown up and trained at the Castellammare Yachting Club
Luigi Basco, fictional character; protagonist of Life with Luigi
Giuseppe Bonito (1707–1789), painter
Catello, Saint (9th century), Patron of the city
Bruno Cirillo (born 1977), footballer
Luigi Denza (1846–1922), composer of the most famous Italian traditional song "Funiculì, Funiculà"
Gianluigi Donnarumma (born 1999), youngest footballer to play in Serie A, goalkeeper for A.C. Milan
Michele Esposito (1855–1929), influential composer, pianist, conductor, who worked mostly in Ireland
Gennaro Iezzo (born 1973), football goalkeeper
Marcel Jovine (1921–2003), sculptor and toy designer
Mario Merola (1934–2006), Neapolitan-style singer
Antonio Mirante (born 1983), footballer
Fabio Quagliarella (born 1983), footballer
Gabriele De Rosa (1917–2009), historian and politician
John Serry, Sr. (1915–2003), aka Giovanni Serrapica American musician, composer, arranger, educator
Ettore Tito (1859–1941), painter
Luigi Vitale (born 1987), footballer
Raffaele Viviani (1888–1950), author, playwright, actor, musician

Gallery

Panoramic view from the castle

The co-cathedral of Castellammare

Lithograph of Château de Castellamare, drawn by Paul Gauci

References

↑ (Italian) All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
↑ 40689 Castellammare di Stabia on OpenStreetMap

External links

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Castellammare di Stabia.

Media related to Castellammare di Stabia at Wikimedia Commons

(Italian) Castellammare di Stabia official website

Comuni of the Metropolitan City of Naples

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