Casamicciola Terme is a ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' (municipality) in the

Metropolitan City of Naples The Metropolitan City of Naples () is a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Naples. The province was established on 1 January 2015 and contains 92 ''comuni'' (: ''comune''). ...

in the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

region

Campania Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...

, located in the northern part of the

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 G ...

Island.

Geography

Casamicciola Terme borders the following municipalities:

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'' ...

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 ''frazi ...

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 Epom ...

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 village ...

History

In 1883, 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 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 a landslide killing of 12 lives and left over 200 people homeless. The severe landslide caused the destruction or damage of numerous buildings in Casamicciola.

Main sights

* Church of Sant'Antonio al Mortito

Notable people

*The Swiss-born physician

Jacques Etienne Chevalley de Rivaz Jacques Etienne Chevalley de Rivaz (16 August 1801 – 8 December 1863) was a Swiss-born physician who spent his career in Naples and the Island of Ischia. He was the founder of a famous sanatorium on Ischia and also wrote several works on the geo ...

who had a famous sanatorium in Casamicciola and lived there from 1830 until his death in 1863. He was made an honorary citizen of Casamicciola in 1837 for his work in halting a

cholera Cholera () is an infection of the small intestine by some Strain (biology), strains of the Bacteria, bacterium ''Vibrio cholerae''. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea last ...

outbreak in nearby Forio.De Renzi, Salvatore (May 2013)
"Ricorre il 1° dicembre 2013 il 150° anniversario della morte del dottor Jacques Etienne Chevalley de Rivaz"
''La Rassegna d'Ischia'', pp. 50–53 (in Italian)

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Campania Ischia {{Campania-geo-stub