Agro atellano

{{Short description|Territory in Campania, Italy}}

Agro atellano is an area of Campania, Italy.{{cite web |access-date=2024-04-28 |language=it |title=Museo Archeologico dell'Agro Atellano, Succivo |url=https://www.italia.it/it/campania/succivo/musei/museo-archeologico-dellagro-atellano |website=Italia.it}}{{cite web |access-date=2024-04-30 |title=Citt' Atellana |url=http://www.iststudiatell.org/cittaatellana.htm |website=www.iststudiatell.org}}{{cite book |title=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}}

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| named_for = Atella

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| subdivision_name2 = Province of Caserta Metropolitan city of Naples

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| area_land_km2 = 133.00

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| subdivision_name3 = Sant'Arpino, Orta di Atella, Succivo, Gricignano, Cesa, Sant'Antimo, Melito, Casandrino, Arzano, Grumo Nevano, Frattamaggiore, Frattaminore, Crispano, Cardito, Caivano, Afragola, Casoria, Casavatore, Secondigliano.

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| image_alt = Agro atellano panorama from U.S. Navy Gricignano Support Site

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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).{{cite web |title=Figura 13 - uploaded by Giacinto Libertini |url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Figura-13-Casali-di-Aversa-e-di-Napoli-nellarea-atellana-Fra-parentesi-sono-riportate_fig3_330159856}}{{cite web |access-date=2024-04-30 |title=Persistenza etc. - Par. 3 (Le centuriazioni romane) |url=http://www.iststudiatell.org/persistenza/persistenza_3.htm |website=www.iststudiatell.org}}

Military Facilities

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.{{cite web |access-date=2024-05-02 |title=Naval Support Activity Naples {{!}} Base Overview & Info {{!}} MilitaryINSTALLATIONS |url=https://installations.militaryonesource.mil/in-depth-overview/naval-support-activity-naples |website=installations.militaryonesource.mil}}{{cite web |access-date=2024-05-02 |date=2021-11-01 |language=it |title=Jill Biden visita la base Us Navy di Gricignano d'Aversa - Notizie - Ansa.it |url=https://www.ansa.it/campania/notizie/2021/11/01/jill-biden-visita-la-base-us-navy-di-gricignano-daversa_a95e8e63-2557-49a1-b4c3-bc7e9e500019.html |website=Agenzia ANSA}}

During the construction of the site fundamental archaeological finds for the study of historical evolutions of the agro atellano and ancient Campania emerged.{{cite web |title=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) |url=https://mann-napoli.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/RaccoltaRiassuntiInterventi_GricignanoCarinaro_21settembre2023-2.pdf}}

Sources

  • RACCOLTA RASSEGNA STORICA DEI COMUNI VOL. 23 - ANNO 2009 Febbraio 2011 Impaginazione e adattamento a cura di Giacinto Libertini ISTITUTO DI STUDI ATELLANI
  • {{cite book|title=Soprintendenza per i beni archeologici di Napoli e Caserta|first=Elena|last=Laforgia|publisher=Electa|location=Napoli|year=2007|isbn=978-88-510-0458-3}}

References

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