Lettere 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 southern central

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 about 30 km southeast of

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

. Lettere borders the following municipalities:

Angri Angri is a town and ''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 ...

Casola di Napoli Casola di Napoli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about southeast of Naples. Casola di Napoli borders the municipalities of Gragnano and Lettere Lettere is a ''comune'' ( ...

Corbara Corbara is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Geography The municipality borders with Angri, Lettere (Province of Naples, NA), Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino and Tramonti, Campania, Tra ...

Gragnano Gragnano is a hill town and (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in southern Italian region of Campania. It is located about southeast of Naples, between a mountain crest and the Amalfi Coast. Gragnano borders the following munic ...

Ravello Ravello (Campanian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) situated above the Amalfi Coast (exactly 782 stairs above the town of Atrani), in the province of Salerno, Campania, with approximately 2,500 inhabitants. Its scenic location makes it a popular ...

Sant'Antonio Abate Sant'Antonio Abate () is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 30 km southeast of Naples. Sant'Antonio Abate borders the following municipalities: Angri, Gragnano, Lettere, Pompe ...

, Tramonti. It was built near Ancient

Liternum Liternum was an ancient town of Campania, southern central Italy, near "Patria Lake", on the low sandy coast between Cumae and the mouth of the Volturno, Volturnus. It was probably once dependent on Cumae. In 194 BC it became a Roman colony. Altho ...

. From 987 it was the see of a bishopric, which was renamed

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lettere-Gragnano The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lettere-Gragnano was a Roman Catholicism in Italy, Latin Catholic diocese located in the Comune, commune of Lettere in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the southern-central Italian region Campania. In 1818, it was me ...

(viz.) from 1169 till its merger into the

Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia The Italian Catholic diocese of Castellammare di Stabia, on the Bay of Naples, existed until 1986. In that year it became part of the archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia.Titular bishopric A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...

of Lettere.

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Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub

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