Cardito ( nap, Cardít) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...
'' (municipality) 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 was ...
in the
Italian region
Campania
(man), it, Campana (woman)
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, located about northeast of
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 adminis ...
.
Cardito borders the following municipalities:
Afragola
Afragola (; nap, Afrahola , ) is a city and '' comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in Italy. It is one of the 100 largest Italian cities (the ones that have a population of more than 63,000 inhabitants).
The communal territory, measu ...
,
Caivano,
Casoria
Casoria (; nap, Casòria) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples.
Casoria borders the following municipalities: Afragola, Arzano, Cardito, Casalnuov ...
,
Crispano,
Frattamaggiore. It was once mainly known for its strawberry and
asparagus production; now also buffalo
mozzarella is produced.
The city was perhaps founded by people from the nearby
Atella
Atella was an ancient Oscan city of Campania, located 20km directly north of Naples.
Remains
The ruins of the city walls, private houses, the so-called ''garden of Virgil'' and many tombs remain, on sites in the '' comuni'' of Frattaminore, ...
around 350-300 BC. It is connected by the SS 87 Sannitica national road.
References
Cities and towns in Campania
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