Casamicciola Terme

Casamicciola Terme
Country	Italy
region	Campania
Metropolitan city	Naples (NA)
Local name	Casamicciola Terme
Coordinates	40 ° 45 ' N , 13 ° 55' E Coordinates: 40 ° 45 '0 " N , 13 ° 55' 0" E
surface	5 km²
Residents	8,053 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	1,611 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	80074
ISTAT number	063019
Popular name	Casamicciolesi
Patron saint	Mary Magdalene
Website	Casamicciola Terme
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Casamicciola Terme is an Italian municipality with 8053 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) on the island of Ischia in the Gulf of Naples . The place has a port with connections to Naples and Pozzuoli .

The origin of the name of the municipality is not clearly established. Some derive the toponym Casamicciola from Casa Nìsola after a woman named Nisola , others from Casamice , which means place of mushrooms , still others from Casa in Insula , which means house on the island . In 1956 Terme was added because of the importance of thermal water for the place .

history

In 1883 Casamicciola was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake, 1,800 people died here. The neighboring town of Lacco Ameno was also badly damaged; the quake claimed a total of 2,300 victims. The Basilica del Sacro Cuore di Gesù e di Santa Maria Maddalena Penitente , destroyed by the earthquake , was rebuilt and consecrated in 1896.

In an earthquake on August 21, 2017, several houses and the Chiesa del Purgatorio collapsed .

tourism

As the name suggests, the place has thermal baths . A famous guest was Henrik Ibsen , who wrote parts of his work Peer Gynt here .

Personalities

Carlo Mennella (1834–1883), Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Ischia

Web links

Commons : Casamicciola Terme - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the municipality (Italian)

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
↑ Italy: Two dead in an earthquake on the island of Ischia . In: ZEIT ONLINE . ( zeit.de [accessed on October 12, 2018]).
↑ Jörg Bremer : Slight tremor, severe consequences . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of 23 August 2017, p. 7.

[1] Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

[2] Italy: Two dead in an earthquake on the island of Ischia . In: ZEIT ONLINE . ( zeit.de [accessed on October 12, 2018]).

[3] Jörg Bremer : Slight tremor, severe consequences . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of 23 August 2017, p. 7.