Campania Facts for Kids

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Campania

Flag	Coat of arms

Country

Capital

Area

• Total

13,595 km² (5,249 sq mi)

Population

(2007-12-31)

• Total

5,811,390

• Density

427.465/km² (1,107.13/sq mi)

• Summer (DST)

GDP/ Nominal

€ 94.3 billion (2006)

NUTS Region

ITF

Website

www.regione.campania.it

Campania is a region of the south of Italy. The capital is Napoli. The population in 2004 was about 5,701,931.

Provinces

Ancient Greek Temple of Hera, Paestum, built 550 BC
Ruins of Aeclanum, a Roman town in Irpinia district.
Early kings ruled from Castel Nuovo
Revolutionary Masaniello
Caserta Palace, inside
Ferdinand, Bourbon king.
Mount Vesuvius erupting in 1944
Bagnoli derelict steelworks (2016)
Fiat Panda III
Leather Shop
Alstom AGV
Fincantieri shipyard Castellammare di Stabia
An authentic Neapolitan pizza
Spaghetti alla puttanesca, a spicy pasta dish topped with a sauce made of tomatoes, olives, anchovies and capers
Dried red peppers and lemons hanging from a shop in Amalfi.
The grand gardens of the baroque Royal Palace of Caserta
Pulcinella with a guitar
The island of Capri, often seen as a cultural symbol of Campania.
Late Baroque art inside the Palace of Caserta.
The Stadio Diego Armando Maradona is the home ground of SSC Napoli of Serie A
Naples (Nunziatella Military School)
Amalfi Coast (Positano)
Island Capri
Island Ischia
Apple "Annurca" with distinctive ripening process
Crisommole (Vesuvian apricot)
Percoca (Variety of peach)
Huge lemon of Sorrento and Amalfi Coast
Sorrento orange
White fig of Cilento
San Marzano tomato
Artichoke of Paestum
Pasta of Gragnano
Mozzarella di bufala
Liqueur "Limoncello"
Anchovy
ATR 72
Vulcanair P.68
Driverless Metro Brescia
Meneghino Metro Milano