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Castellammare di Stabia is a comune
Comune

In Italy, the comune, is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....
 in the province of Naples
Province of Naples

The Province of Naples is a Provinces of Italy in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital city is Naples, within the province there are 92 Comuni of the Province of Naples....
, Campania
Campania

Campania is a Regions of Italy of southern Italy in Europe. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy, its total area of 13,595 km? makes it the most densely populated region in the country....
 region, southern Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. It is situated on the Bay of Naples
Gulf of Naples

The Gulf of Naples is located in the south western coast of Italy . It opens to the west into the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered on the north by the cities of Naples and Pozzuoli, on the east by Mount Vesuvius, and on the south by the Sorrentine Peninsula and its main town Sorrento, Italy; the Peninsula separates it from the Gulf of Sal...
 about 30 kilometers southeast of Naples
Naples

Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old....
, on the route to Sorrento
Sorrento, Italy

Sorrento is a small city in Campania, southern Italy, with some 16,500 inhabitants. It is a popular tourist destination. The town can be reached easily from Naples and Pompeii, as it lies at the south-eastern end of the Circumvesuviana rail line....
.

ellammare di Stabia lies next to the ancient Roman city of Stabiae
Stabiae

Stabiae was an ancient Ancient Rome town, located close to the modern town of Castellammare di Stabia approximately 4.5 km southeast of Pompeii....
, which was destroyed by the Vesuvio eruption in AD 79. The castle the city takes its name from was erected in around the 9th century on a hill commanding the southern side of the Gulf of Naples.






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Castellammare di Stabia is a comune
Comune

In Italy, the comune, is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....
 in the province of Naples
Province of Naples

The Province of Naples is a Provinces of Italy in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital city is Naples, within the province there are 92 Comuni of the Province of Naples....
, Campania
Campania

Campania is a Regions of Italy of southern Italy in Europe. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy, its total area of 13,595 km? makes it the most densely populated region in the country....
 region, southern Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. It is situated on the Bay of Naples
Gulf of Naples

The Gulf of Naples is located in the south western coast of Italy . It opens to the west into the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered on the north by the cities of Naples and Pozzuoli, on the east by Mount Vesuvius, and on the south by the Sorrentine Peninsula and its main town Sorrento, Italy; the Peninsula separates it from the Gulf of Sal...
 about 30 kilometers southeast of Naples
Naples

Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old....
, on the route to Sorrento
Sorrento, Italy

Sorrento is a small city in Campania, southern Italy, with some 16,500 inhabitants. It is a popular tourist destination. The town can be reached easily from Naples and Pompeii, as it lies at the south-eastern end of the Circumvesuviana rail line....
.

History

Castellammare di Stabia lies next to the ancient Roman city of Stabiae
Stabiae

Stabiae was an ancient Ancient Rome town, located close to the modern town of Castellammare di Stabia approximately 4.5 km southeast of Pompeii....
, which was destroyed by the Vesuvio eruption in AD 79. The castle the city takes its name from was erected in around the 9th century on a hill commanding the southern side of the Gulf of Naples. It was restored during the reign of Frederick II
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick II , of the House of Hohenstaufen dynasty, was an Kingdom of Italy pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212 and unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215....
 of Hohenstaufen and enlarged by King Charles I of Anjou.

The comune, previously called Castellamare, assumed the name Castellammare on January 22, 1863, and the current name on May 31, 1912.

Sport

The local football team, SS Juve Stabia, currently plays in Italian Serie C1 and is one of the oldest football teams in Italy, having been created in 1907. The "Romeo Menti" stadium where SS Juve Stabia plays is dedicated to Romeo Menti
Romeo Menti

Romeo Menti was an Italian people football player.Born at Vicenza, Menti debuted in his city's Serie C club in 1935, in the same Stadio Romeo Menti that was to be dedicated to him a few years later....
, who played for SS Juve Stabia in 1945 and died in the tragic 1949 Superga air disaster
Superga air disaster

The Superga air disaster took place on Wednesday, 4 May 1949, when a plane carrying almost the entire Torino F.C. football squad, popularly known as Grande Torino, crashed into the hill of Superga near Turin killing all 31 aboard including 18 players, club officials, journalists accompanying the team, and the plane's crew....
, when a plane crash killed most of the players of Torino FC.

Notable people

Castellammare was the hometown of Gabriele Capone, father of Al Capone
Al Capone

Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone , commonly nicknamed "Scarface", was an Italian-American gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to smuggling and Rum-running of alcoholic beverage and other illegal activities during the Prohibition in the United States Era of the 1920s and 1930s....
. Other people born here include:

  • Mario Merola
    Mario Merola

    Mario Merola was a Italian singer and actor, most prominently known for having rejunevated the traditional popular Neapolitan melodrama known as the Music_of_Naples#The_Sceneggiata....
    , Neapolitan singer
  • Luigi Denza
    Luigi Denza

    Luigi Denza , was an Italy composer.Denza was born at Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples. He studied music under Saverio Mercadante and Paolo Serrao at the Naples Conservatory....
    , author of the famous song "Funiculì, Funiculà
    Funiculì, Funiculà

    "Funicul?, Funicul?" is a famous song written by Italy journalist Peppino Turco and set to music by Italian composer Luigi Denza in 1880. It was composed to commemorate the opening of the first funicular on Mount Vesuvius, which was destroyed by the eruption of 1944....
    ".
  • Gennaro Iezzo
    Gennaro Iezzo

    Gennaro Iezzo is an Italy football goalkeeper who currently plays for Serie A club S.S.C. Napoli.He began his career at hometown club Juve Stabia before moving on to play for A.S.D....
    , soccer goalkeeper.
  • Luigi Vitale
    Luigi Vitale

    Luigi Vitale is an Italy football player, currently playing for Serie A side SSC Napoli in the role of a wingback .External links...
    , soccer midfielder.
  • Fabio Quagliarella
    Fabio Quagliarella

    Fabio Quagliarella is an Italians Association football who plays for Serie A club Udinese Calcio....
    , soccer striker.
  • John Serry, Sr.
    John Serry, Sr.

    John Serry, Sr. was a distinguished concert accordionist, arranger, composer, organist and music educator who achieved prominence through his live performances on the Columbia Broadcasting System network....
     (1915-2003), American musician, composer, arranger and educator. Born as Giovanni Serrapica, his parents were raised in Castellamare di Stabia and Gragnano.
  • Romeo A. Serrapica (1921-1995), American commercial artist, photo illustrator, Cooper Union alumnus. Parents born and raised in Castellammare di Stabia and Gragnano. Younger brother of John Serry, Sr.
  • Raffaele Viviani
    Raffaele Viviani

    Raffaele Viviani was an Italy author, playwright, actor and musician, born in Castellammare, near Naples. Viviani belongs to the turn-of-the-century school of Literary realism in Italian literature, and his works have to do with seamier elements of the lives of the poor in Naples of that period, things such as petty crime and prostitution....
     (1888-1950), author, playwright, actor and musician


See also

  • Stabiae
    Stabiae

    Stabiae was an ancient Ancient Rome town, located close to the modern town of Castellammare di Stabia approximately 4.5 km southeast of Pompeii....


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