Torre del Greco

Torre del Greco
Country	Italy
region	Campania
Metropolitan city	Naples  (NA)
Coordinates	40 ° 47 '  N , 14 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 47 '0 "  N , 14 ° 22' 0"  E
surface	30 km²
Residents	83,987 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	2,800 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	80059 (capoluogo), 80040 (Leopardi e Santa Maria la Bruna)
prefix	081
ISTAT number	063084
Popular name	Torresi or Corallini
Patron saint	Martyr Januarius
Website	Torre del Greco

Torre del Greco is a city with 83,987 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian metropolitan city of Naples , Campania region .

The city is known for the coral jewelry made here , which is also exhibited in its own museum, the Museo del Corallo in the Istituto d'Arte (art institute).

Neighboring municipalities are Boscotrecase , Ercolano , Torre Annunziata and Trecase . The city's patron saints are Maria Immaculata and San Gennaro .

geography

Torre del Greco

The place is between Mount Vesuvius and the Gulf of Naples .

Town twinning

•  Montesarchio , Italy, since 2008

sons and daughters of the town

• Massimo Rastelli (* 1968), football player and coach
• Valeria Parrella (* 1974), novelist and linguist

Web links

Commons : Torre del Greco  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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