Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Travel guide - What kind of city is Naples in Italy?

What kind of city is Naples in Italy?

The Chinese for Napoli should be Naples. The city is chaotic now, and the public security is not very good, but in Italy, a developed country, I won't go anywhere. It's just that I study in Italy and want to go to Naples to play, but the teacher forbids me to go! It's a big city in the south!

Naples is the capital of Campania, the third largest city in Italy, bordering on the Bay of Naples, with an altitude of17m and a population of 31.110,000. This city has beautiful scenery and is one of the most famous scenic spots in the Mediterranean. The city was a Greek colony as early as the 6th-5th century BC and returned to the Roman Empire in the 4th century BC. After the demise of the Roman Empire, it was ruled by the Goths and then occupied by the Byzantine Empire. It was not until 1266 that it became the capital of the kingdom of Naples. Then it was ruled by the kings of Sicily and Spain, and the Bourbon dynasty ruled from 1743 to Risojimanto. Commerce is the main economic source of this city, and the port of Naples is one of the most important ports in Italy. It is also a rapidly developing industrial city in southern Italy, mainly concentrated in the suburbs. Important industries include metalworking, machinery, chemistry, shipbuilding, food, building materials, textiles and clothing, and the tanning and shoemaking industries have developed significantly. The scale of tourism is considerable, which provides favorable conditions for the economic development of this area.

Naples is a beautiful port city, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea. It is the third largest city in Italy after Rome and Milan. In 600 BC, it was built on the site of the Parthenon in Patno by refugees from Kumae, a Greek colony 20 kilometers west of Naples. The refugees named this place neapolis, which consists of Greek words nea (new) and polis (city), meaning "new city". Naturally, compared with Kumei, an earlier residential area, the new city has a history of more than 2,600 years and is an out-and-out ancient city. In the 4th century BC, the Romans conquered the city and misspelled it as Naples. Today's English and French spellings follow Latin, and another translation of the Chinese word "Naples" is based on the English pronunciation of Naples. Today's Italian name napoli is adapted from Latin naples according to the word formation requirements of Italian place names. It is also a good way for China Map Publishing House to take Naples spelled by China as its proper name and Naples, which is widely circulated, as its sub-name.

Naples is now the most important industrial and commercial center in southern Italy and the capital of Campania region, with oil, chemicals, oil refining, aircraft, automobiles, textiles, clothing, leather processing and other industrial sectors. Naples and its surrounding environment are very beautiful, sunny and pleasant, showing its unique charm with numerous natural landscapes and rich cultural landscapes.

There are the half-moon Binhai Avenue around the Bay of Naples, elmo Castle, the Opera House of San Carlo, the majestic Vesuvius, Capri Island, the world-famous ruins of Pompeii, and the coastal landscape of amalfi listed in the World Heritage List ... This scenic tourist city in southern Italy receives as many as 2.5 million tourists from home and abroad every year. There is even a famous saying in Italy: "After you have been to Naples, you will die without regret." Napoli Football Team is a powerful team in Serie A, and it was well-known at home and abroad in the years before Argentine star diego maradona joined the team and achieved good results.

Of course, when it comes to Naples, the capital of popular food, we can't help mentioning its representative food-pizza, which was translated by overseas Chinese. It is said that pizza appeared in Rome, but it is much simpler than today, and seems more like pancakes in China. Someone joked that pizza was handed down from China by Kyle Poirot. Some tomatoes on the pizza were added with cheese after Columbus discovered the New World for another century to become today's pizza. Gourmets all over the world agree that pizza in Naples is the most authentic. When making pizza, spread a layer of dough on the bottom of the dish, coat it with olive oil, and put tomatoes and cheese on it. After quick baking, the edge of the cake usually rises high, smells delicious, and tastes better when it is hot.

Just as China jiaozi has different flavors such as pork jiaozi, mutton jiaozi, beef jiaozi, Sam Sun jiaozi and pork cabbage jiaozi, there are many kinds of pizzas, such as tomato cheese margarita pizza, tomato mushroom pizza, tomato cheese ham pizza, tomato cheese Napoli pizza, sardines, tomato sauce spice sailor pizza, seafood pizza and garlic pizza. According to statistics, there are currently more than 23,000 pizza restaurants in Italy, and Brandi restaurant in Naples is regarded as the founding old shop of pizza.