Agro atellano is an area of Campania, Italy.[1][2][3]

Agro atellano
Territory
Agro atellano panorama from U.S. Navy Gricignano Support Site
Agro atellano panorama from U.S. Navy Gricignano Support Site
Agro atellano is located in Italy
Agro atellano
Agro atellano
Coordinates: 40°57′27″N 14°14′57″E / 40.95750°N 14.24917°E / 40.95750; 14.24917
Country Italy
Regions Campania
ProvincesProvince of Caserta Metropolitan city of Naples
MunicipalitiesSant'Arpino, Orta di Atella, Succivo, Gricignano, Cesa, Sant'Antimo, Melito, Casandrino, Arzano, Grumo Nevano, Frattamaggiore, Frattaminore, Crispano, Cardito, Caivano, Afragola, Casoria, Casavatore, Secondigliano.
Named forAtella
Area
 • Land133.00 km2 (51.35 sq mi)
Population
 • Estimate 
()
490.000
Time zoneUTC+1
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2

The territory is made up of the municipalities of Sant'Arpino, Orta di Atella, Succivo, Gricignano, Cesa, Sant'Antimo, Melito, Casandrino, Arzano, Grumo Nevano, Frattamaggiore, Frattaminore, Crispano, Cardito, Caivano, Afragola, Casoria, Casavatore, Secondigliano.

It is divided into the atellano-aversana area for the north-western part (Gricignano, Cesa, Succivo, Orta, Sant'Arpino, Sant'Antimo, Melito, Casandrino, Frattaminore, Frattamaggiore) and in the atellano-neapolitan area for the south-eastern part (Caivano, Crispano, Cardito, Afragola, Casoria, Secondigliano, Casavatore, Arzano).[4][5]

Military Facilities

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In the territory north of Gricignano and Succivo there is the U.S. Navy Support Site of the NSA of Naples, de facto area under the jurisdiction extraterritorial of the United States. A residential site complete with offices, hospital, schools, church, hotel, library, parks, shopping mall, sports facilities, swimming pool. It is home to 4,000 U.S. families serving at the U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa and U.S. Sixth Fleet. U.S. authorities including the first lady Jill Biden visited the Gricignano site.[6][7]

During the construction of the site fundamental archaeological finds for the study of historical evolutions of the agro atellano and ancient Campania emerged.[8]

Sources

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  • RACCOLTA RASSEGNA STORICA DEI COMUNI VOL. 23 - ANNO 2009 Febbraio 2011 Impaginazione e adattamento a cura di Giacinto Libertini ISTITUTO DI STUDI ATELLANI
  • Laforgia, Elena (2007). Soprintendenza per i beni archeologici di Napoli e Caserta. Napoli: Electa. ISBN 978-88-510-0458-3.

References

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  1. ^ "Museo Archeologico dell'Agro Atellano, Succivo". Italia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  2. ^ "Citt' Atellana". www.iststudiatell.org. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  3. ^ The archeological museum of Atella and its territory. Soprintendenza per i beni archeologici di Napoli e Caserta. Electa, Napoli 2007 ISBN 978-88-510-0458-3.
  4. ^ "Figura 13 - uploaded by Giacinto Libertini".
  5. ^ "Persistenza etc. - Par. 3 (Le centuriazioni romane)". www.iststudiatell.org. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  6. ^ "Naval Support Activity Naples | Base Overview & Info | MilitaryINSTALLATIONS". installations.militaryonesource.mil. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  7. ^ "Jill Biden visita la base Us Navy di Gricignano d'Aversa - Notizie - Ansa.it". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  8. ^ "Gricignano e Carinaro: un progetto di recupero e riorganizzazione dei dati archeologici tra tutela e valorizzazione Ilaria Matarese (SABAP CE-BN), Antonio Salerno (DRM Campania), Emanuela Santaniello (MANN)" (PDF).
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