Torre Annunziata (; nap, Torr'Annunziata) is a city and commune in the

Metropolitan City of Naples The Metropolitan City of Naples ( it, Città metropolitana di Napoli) is an Italian metropolitan city in Campania region, established on 1 January 2015. Its capital city is Naples; within the city there are 92 comunes (municipalities). It wa ...

, region of

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in Italy. It is located on the

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 ( province of Naples, Campania region). It opens to the west into the Mediterranean Sea. I ...

at the foot of

Mount Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius ( ; it, Vesuvio ; nap, 'O Vesuvio , also or ; la, Vesuvius , also , or ) is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of ...

History

The city was destroyed in the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD and in 1631. It is known locally in the

Neapolitan Neapolitan means of or pertaining to Naples, a city in Italy; or to: Geography and history * Province of Naples, a province in the Campania region of southern Italy that includes the city * Duchy of Naples, in existence during the Early and Hig ...

dialect as Torre Nunziata. The city was once the seat of important ironwork (Deriver, Dalmine) food processing and pasta industries. Today industries still active include naval, armament and pharmaceutical ones. The archaeological site of

Oplonti Oplontis is an ancient Roman archaeological site located in the town of Torre Annunziata, south of Naples in the Campania region of southern Italy. The excavated site comprises two Roman villas, the best-known of which is Villa A, the so-called ...

is a

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international coope ...

World Heritage Site A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for ...

since 1997.

Geography

Torre Annunziata borders with the municipalities of Boscoreale,

Boscotrecase Boscotrecase () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 20 km southeast of Naples. Boscotrecase, which many considered a resort, sat on the southern slopes of Mount Ves ...

Castellammare di Stabia Castellammare di Stabia (; nap, Castiellammare 'e Stabbia) is a '' comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania region, in southern Italy. It is situated on the Bay of Naples about southeast of Naples, on the route to Sorrento. History ...

Pompei Pompei (; nap, Pumpeje, ) or Pompeii (, as in the name of the ancient city) is a city and commune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy, home of the ancient Roman ruins of Pompeii that are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. History ...

Torre del Greco Torre del Greco (; nap, Torre d' 'o Grieco; "Greek man's Tower") is a '' comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, with a population of c. 85,000 . The locals are sometimes called ''Corallini'' because of the once plentiful ...

and

Trecase Trecase ( nap, Treccàse) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about southeast of Naples. Trecase borders the following municipalities: Boscotrecase, Ercolano, Ottaviano, Tor ...

. Trains from Torre Annunziata Centrale rail station operate to

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adm ...

and

.The Trainline
Trains to Torre Annunziata Centrale
accessed 13 October 2022

Main sights

On the ''

Tabula Peutingeriana ' (Latin for "The Peutinger Map"), also referred to as Peutinger's Tabula or Peutinger Table, is an illustrated ' (ancient Roman road map) showing the layout of the '' cursus publicus'', the road network of the Roman Empire. The map is a 13th-ce ...

'', Torre Annunziata is called ''

''. In the communal territory, one of the richest Roman villas has been excavated. Dating to the 1st century BC, it probably belonged to the ''gens'' Poppaea, and is known as Villa Poppaea.

Dialect

Although a comparatively small town, essentially a suburb of Naples, Torre Annunziata has its own unique dialect, a variation of

, quite distinct, particularly in pronunciation, which is known as Torrese.

Sport

Torre Annunziata is home to

F.C. Savoia 1908 Savoia 1908 is an Football in Italy, Italian association football club located in Torre Annunziata, Campania. It currently plays in Eccellenza. It is one of the oldest companies in southern Italy. It was founded on 21 November 1908 by a group o ...

who play at the Stadio Giraud and currently play in

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettanti ...

of Italy's football pyramid. Their highest achievement was during the 1923–24 season where they finished

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Cop ...

runners up. Professional footballer Ciro Immobile was born in Torre Annunziata.

Notable people

Dino De Laurentiis Agostino "Dino" De Laurentiis (; 8 August 1919 – 10 November 2010) was an Italian-American film producer. Along with Carlo Ponti, he was one of the producers who brought Italian cinema to the international scene at the end of World War II. He ...

, film producer * Alberto Nocerino, footballer *

Alfredo Donnarumma Alfredo Donnarumma (; born 30 November 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for club Ternana. Club career Torre Annunziata Born in Torre Annunziata, near Napoli, Alfredo started his playi ...

, footballer * Ciro Immobile, footballer * Irma Testa, boxer

References

Sources

External links

Official website

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