- This article is about the city Acerra. For the Ancient Roman sacrificial incense box, see Acerra (incense box). In Ancient Roman sacrificial tradition an acerra ( Greek:) was the Incense box used in sacrifices For the moth genus, see Acerra (moth). A moth is an Insect closely related to the Butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic
| Comune di Acerra | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Province | Naples (NA) |
| Mayor | Espedito Marletta |
| Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Area | 54. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Campania is a region of Southern Italy in Europe. The region has a population of around 5 In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune The Province of Naples ( Italian: Provincia di Napoli, Nnapulitano: Pruvincia 'e Nàpule) is a province in the Campania 08 km² (21 sq mi) |
| Population (as of 2007-08-31) | |
| - Total | 53,134 |
| - Density | 983/km² (2,546/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Acerrani |
| Dialing code | 081 |
| Postal code | 80011 |
| Frazioni | Gaudello, Pezzalunga |
| Patron | St. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Here are a list of area codes in Italy. All numbers here begin with the country code (0039 A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a Comune; for other Administrative Cuono and son |
| - Day | May 29 |
| Website: www.comune.acerra.na.it | |
Acerra (Latin: Acerrae) is a municipality of Campania, Italy, in the Province of Naples, about 20 km (9 mi) northeast of the provincial capital in Naples. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Campania is a region of Southern Italy in Europe. The region has a population of around 5 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Province of Naples ( Italian: Provincia di Napoli, Nnapulitano: Pruvincia 'e Nàpule) is a province in the Campania Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the As of 2007, it had some 53,000 inhabitants.
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History
Acerra is one of the most ancient cities of the region, probably founded by the Osci with the name of Akeru). The Osci, which may also be referred to by the names of Opici Opsci (for the fertility goddess Ops) and Obsci (Oscans or Opicans in English were historic inhabitants It was the first Roman city that was granted the status of civitas sine suffragio (332 BC). The Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a Republican form of government a period which began with the overthrow of the Civitas sine suffragio ( Latin, "citizenship without the vote" was a level of citizenship in the Roman Republic which granted all the rights of Events By place Persian Empire The Persian King Darius III twice sends Alexander letters of friendship
Acerra was destroyed by Hannibal in 216 BC, but was restored in 210 BC. Hannibal (Pronounced in Phoenician: Hanniba'al means " Ba'al is my grace " or " Ba'al has given me grace " 247 BC &ndash Events By place Roman Republic The Carthaginian general Hannibal, moves his forces southward through Italy and seizes the large Events By place Roman Republic Following the death of his father Publius Cornelius Scipio, and his uncle Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio
Acerra served as a Roman base during the Social War in 90 BC. [1]
In 826 the Lombards built here a castle, later destroyed by Bono of Naples. Events By Place Asia Tang Wen Zong succeeds Tang Jing Zong as Emperor of China. The Lombards ( Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from In 881 it was sacked by the Saracens. Events By Place Europe Charles the Fat is crowned Western Emperor Saracen was a term used by Europeans in the Middle Ages for Fatimids at first then later for all who professed the religion of Islam. Later it was a Norman possession, the seat of a county. The Italo-Normans, or Siculo-Normans when referring to Sicily, were the Italian -born descendants of the first Norman conquerors to travel to As part of the Kingdom of Naples, it was a fief of the Aquino, the Origlia, the Orsini del Balzo and, from 1496 until 1812, the Cardenas. The Kingdom of Naples was an informal name of the Polity officially known as the Kingdom of Sicily which existed on the mainland of the southern Italian From 1927 it was part of the province of Terra di Lavoro. Terra di Lavoro is the name of a historical region of southern Italy.
In July 2005 a statue of the Virgin Mary in St Peter's Church was said to move and take on a pink colour. [1]
Acerra today
Acerra has been in the spotlight recently in regard to the growing problem of the disposal and treatment of industrial and urban waste in the area. Acerra, Nola, and Marigliano had been identified as the three points of the so-called "Triangle of Death" in which illegal waste management by criminal organizations ("ecomafia") have resulted in environmental conditions endangering the health of the region's people. Nola is a city of Campania, Italy, in the Province of Naples, situated in the plain between Mount Vesuvius and the Apennines. Marigliano is a town and Comune of the Province of Naples, Campania in southern Italy.
In October 2000, the Italian Parliament approved the findings of a commission which studied activities in Campania by the Camorra, which had been profiting from illegal waste management activities. The Parliament of Italy ( Parlamento Italiano) is the national parliament of Italy. Campania is a region of Southern Italy in Europe. The region has a population of around 5 Background The origins of the Camorra are not entirely clear Some assert a history going back as far as the 16th century claiming that it is a direct descendant of a Spanish secret
The scientific journal The Lancet Oncology published in 2004 a study by the Italian researcher Alfredo Mazza, a physiologist at the Italian CNR (Centro Nazionale per la Ricerca): this study revealed the terrible situation in the countryside of Campania and the negative impact on the people's health. This article is about the journal For other uses of the term "lancet" see Lancet (disambiguation. He demonstrated that the deaths by cancer are much higher than average in that region with respect the European average.
Main sights
- Cathedral, originally built over and ancient temple of Hercules and remade in the 19th century. In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles ("glory of Hera " or It houses some Baroque canvasses from the 17th century. Annexed is the Bishop Palace.
- Church of Corpus Domini (16th century).
- Church of Annunziata (15th century), with a 12th century crucifix and a 15th century Annunciation attributed to Dello Delli. Dello di Niccolò Delli (ca 1403 - ca 1470 also known as Dello Delli, as Dello di Niccolò and as Dello, was an Italian (Florentine sculptor and
- Church of San Pietro (16th-17th centuries)
- Baronal Castle.
- Archaeological area of Suessula. Suessula ( Greek:) was an ancient city of Campania, southern Italy, situated in the interior of the peninsula near the frontier with Samnium
Sources
- Senior, Kathryn, and Alfredo Mazza. "Italian 'Triangle of Death' Linked to Waste Crisis". The Lancet Journal, Vol. 5, No. 9. September 1, 2004. (Retrieved from Uonna Club web site, September 23, 2006).
- Bianchi, Fabrizio, Pietro Comba, Marcio Martuzzi, Raffaele Palombino, and Renato Pizzuti. "Reflection & Reaction: Italian 'Triangle of death'". The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 5. December 2004. (Retrieved from the EpiCentro web site, September 23, 2006).
References
- ^ Canby, Courtlandt. The Encyclopedia of Historic Places. (New York: Facts of File Publicantions, 1984) p. 6
External links
- (Italian) Relazione della Commissione Parlamentare, an article about the Camorra in Campania (October 2000).
- (Italian) "The Death Triangle", published by the Italian newspaper Repubblica. it (2004)
Dictionary
acerra
-noun
- (in Ancient Rome) A small box for holding incense
- (in Ancient Rome) A small sacrificial altar
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