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Ischia
Ischia ( , , ) is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples, about from the city of Naples. It is the largest of the Phlegrean Islands. Although inhabited since the Bronze Age, as a Ancient Greece, Greek Emporium (antiquity), emporium it was founded in the 8th or 9th century Common Era, BCE, and known as wikt:Πιθηκοῦσαι, Πιθηκοῦσαι, ''Pithekoūsai''. Roughly trapezoidal in shape, it measures approximately east to west and north to south and has about of coastline and a surface area of . It is almost entirely mountainous; the highest peak is Mount Epomeo, at . The island is very densely populated, with 60,000 residents (more than 1,300 inhabitants per square km). Ischia, Campania, Ischia is the name of the main ''comune'' of the island. The other ''comuni'' of the island are Barano d'Ischia, Casamicciola Terme, Forio, Lacco Ameno and Serrara Fontana. Geology and geography The roughly trapezoidal island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casamicciola Terme
Casamicciola Terme is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italy, Italian region Campania, located in the northern part of the Ischia Island. Geography Casamicciola Terme borders the following municipalities: Barano d'Ischia, Forio, Ischia, Campania, Ischia, Lacco Ameno, Serrara Fontana. History In 1883, 1883 Casamicciola earthquake, an earthquake struck the northern part of Ischia. Despite the moderate magnitude of 4.2–5.5, many buildings in the across the island were totally destroyed. The city was heavily damaged—many homes and businesses were demolished. At least 2,313 people were killed—1,784 people died in the city alone. On 21 August 2017 was hit by 2017 Ischia earthquake, a 4.3 magnitude earthquake, killing two people wounding 42 more, and causing damage to some houses. On 26 November 2022 strong rainfall led to 2022 Ischia landslide, a landslide killing of 12 lives and left over 200 people homeless. The severe landslide caused the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Epomeo
Mount Epomeo (Italian: ''Monte Epomeo'') is the highest mountain on the volcanic island of Ischia, in the Gulf of Naples, Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b .... Epomeo is believed to be a volcanic horst. Reaching a height of , it towers above the rest of Ischia. Much of Epomeo is covered in lush greenery, with a few vineyards also occupying its slopes. Approximately from the peak; the mountain is covered in white lava. A path leads to the summit of the mountain from Fontana, one of its quiet traditional villages. References Epomeo Epomeo Ischia Horsts (geology) Mountains of Italy under 1000 metres {{Campania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ischia, Campania
Ischia is a town and one of the six ''comuni'' on Ischia island, in the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of about 18,000, it is the largest settlement on the island. Administratively, it is part of the Metropolitan city of Naples, in the Campania region of Southern Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b .... It is famed for its thermal baths due to the volcano, volcanic nature of the island. Overview The town is formed by two distinct boroughs, called "Ischia Porto" and "Ischia Ponte". The latter was named after an ancient wooden bridge (in Italian language, ''ponte'') which, until the 18th century, connected it to the Aragonese Castle. Twin towns * Marino (RM), Marino, Italy * San Pedro, Los Angeles, San Pedro, California, United States * Mar del Plata, Argenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of Naples
The Gulf of Naples (), also called the Bay of Naples, is a roughly 15-kilometer-wide (9.3 mi) gulf located along the south-western coast of Italy (Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania region). It opens to the west into the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered on the north by the cities of Naples and Pozzuoli, on the east by Mount Vesuvius, and on the south by the Sorrento Peninsula and the main town of the peninsula, Sorrento. The Peninsula separates the Gulf of Naples from the Gulf of Salerno, which includes the Amalfi Coast. The islands of Capri, Ischia and Procida are located in the Gulf of Naples. The area is a tourist destination, with the seaside Roman Empire, Roman ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum at the foot of Mount Vesuvius (destroyed in the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius), along the north coast. Along with the island of Ischia and gulfs of Gulf of Pozzuoli, Pozzuoli and Gulf of Gaeta, Gaeta, local waters are home to varieties of whales and dolphins including fin wha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barano D'Ischia
Barano d'Ischia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located in the south-west area of Ischia island, about 30 km southwest of Naples. It is after Forio the largest ''comune'' in size of the island, although not one of the most populated. Its territory is composed by several small villages: Buonopane, Piedimonte, Fiaiano, Testaccio (no one of this small villages has become a ''frazione''); Testaccio was formerly an independent municipality. Barano d'Ischia borders the following municipalities: Casamicciola Terme, Ischia, Serrara Fontana. History and main sights The area was first settled by the Greeks Greeks or Hellenes (; , ) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Greek Cypriots, Cyprus, Greeks in Albania, southern Albania, Greeks in Turkey#History, Anatolia, parts of Greeks in Italy, Italy and Egyptian Greeks, Egypt, and to a l ..., who had a nymphaeum here. Main sights include: *The Pil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campi Flegrei
The Phlegraean Fields (, ; ) is a large volcanic caldera west of Naples, Italy. The Neapolitan Yellow Tuff eruption (about 12ka BP) produced just 50 cubic kilometers. It is, however, one of relatively few volcanoes large enough to form a caldera. It is part of the Campanian volcanic arc, which includes Mount Vesuvius, about east of Naples. The Phlegraean Fields is monitored by the Vesuvius Observatory. It was declared a regional park in 2003. The Phlegraean Fields' largest known eruptions have an estimated volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 7. It is often called a supervolcano in popular media, although the accepted definition for that term is a volcano that has had an eruption with a VEI of 8, the highest level. The area of the caldera consists of 24 craters and volcanic edifices. Most of them lie under the Gulf of Naples. There are effusive gaseous manifestations in the Solfatara crater, which was believed in ancient Rome to be the home of Vulcan, the god of fire. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serrara Fontana
Serrara Fontana is a ''comune'' (municipality) on the Ischia island, in the Metropolitan City of Naples of the Italian region Campania. It is the highest and the smallest ''comune'' of the island. It was created by the union of the former villages of Serrara and Fontana. Its territory comprises several small villages: Noia, Calimera, Ciglio, Succhivo, Sant'Angelo, located on different elevations from the mountain to the sea. Serrara Fontana borders the following municipalities: Barano d'Ischia, Casamicciola Terme, Forio. German chancellor Angela Merkel and her husband spend their summer vacation in the region on a regular basis. |
Forio
Forio (known also as ''Forio of Ischia'') is a town and ''comune'' of c. 17,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Naples, southern Italy, situated on the island of Ischia. Overview Its territory includes the town of Panza, the only ''frazione'' of Forio and of the island of Ischia. Panza has always been an independent village since the 16th century when a first governmental organization was introduced on the island. In the 1975 the inhabitants of Panza tried to become an independent ''comune'' but the referendum, claimed by the inhabitants of Forio, was denied by the Campania's Regional Government. There are numerous coastal watchtowers, built from the Middle Ages against Saracen and African pirates raids. In the 20th century, Ischia inspired at least two well-known English language poets. Ischia was the site where W.H. Auden composed one of his most famous poems, In Praise of Limestone. And the American Poet, Theodore Roethke, dedicated his poem The Storm, to "Forio d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacco Ameno
Lacco Ameno is a town and ''comune'' situated in the northwest of the island of Ischia, in the Metropolitan City of Naples off the west coast of Italy. The town has a population of around 4,800 inhabitants. It is located at the feet of Mount Epomeo, facing the sea. The name most likely derives from the Greek ''lakkos'', meaning "stone". The name '' ameno'' was added to the official name in 1862. On July 28, 1883, Lacco Ameno was severely damaged by an earthquake; together with the neighboring town of Casamicciola, the earthquake claimed over 2,300 victims. 269 houses, about 69% of the entire building fabric, were completely destroyed, and only 18 buildings remained undamaged. However, this could not stop the change from a fishing village to a health resort with thermal springs. The Italian publisher Angelo Rizzoli made Lacco Ameno a place for the international jet set The jet set is a social group of wealthy and fashionable people who travel the world to participate in soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Procida
Procida (; ) is one of the Phlegraean Islands off the coast of Naples in southern Italy. The island is between Cape Miseno and the island of Ischia. With its tiny satellite island of Vivara, it is a (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the region of Campania. Etymology The island derives its name from the Latin name ''Prochyta''. Προχύτη/Prochýtē means 'poured out' in Ancient Greek. According to another theory, ''Prochyta'' comes from the Ancient Greek verb ''prokeitai'', meaning 'it lies forth', because of the appearance of the island seen from the sea. Geography Procida is located between Capo Miseno and the island of Ischia. It is less than . Its coastlines, very jagged, are . The ''Terra Murata'' hill is the highest point on the island (). Geologically, Procida was created by the eruption of four volcanoes, now dormant and submerged. History Ancient history Some Mycenaean Greek objects from the 16th to 15th centuries BC have been found on Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Complex Volcano
A complex volcano, also called a compound volcano or a volcanic complex, is a mixed landform consisting of related volcanic centers and their associated lava flows and pyroclastic rock. They may form due to changes in eruptive habit or in the location of the principal vent area on a particular volcano. Stratovolcanoes can also form a large caldera that gets filled in by a lava dome, or else multiple small cinder cones, lava domes and craters may develop on the caldera's rim. Although a comparatively unusual type of volcano, they are widespread in the world and in geologic history. Metamorphosed ash flow tuffs are widespread in the Precambrian rocks of northern New Mexico, which indicates that caldera complexes have been important for much of Earth's history. Yellowstone National Park is on three partly covered caldera complexes. The Long Valley Caldera in eastern California is also a complex volcano; the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado are formed on a group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trapezoid
In geometry, a trapezoid () in North American English, or trapezium () in British English, is a quadrilateral that has at least one pair of parallel sides. The parallel sides are called the ''bases'' of the trapezoid. The other two sides are called the ''legs'' or ''lateral sides''. (If the trapezoid is a parallelogram, then the choice of bases and legs is arbitrary.) A trapezoid is usually considered to be a convex quadrilateral in Euclidean geometry, but there are also crossed cases. If ''ABCD'' is a convex trapezoid, then ''ABDC'' is a crossed trapezoid. The metric formulas in this article apply in convex trapezoids. Definitions ''Trapezoid'' can be defined exclusively or inclusively. Under an exclusive definition a trapezoid is a quadrilateral having pair of parallel sides, with the other pair of opposite sides non-parallel. Parallelograms including rhombi, rectangles, and squares are then not considered to be trapezoids. Under an inclusive definition, a trapezoid is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
