Torre del Greco

Italian comune

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Torre del Greco is a municipality in Italy, located in the Campania region near Naples. It has historically been significant as a center for coral and cameo craftsmanship, making it an important hub for these traditional artisan industries.

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Vinony's link graph records 326 inbound references to Torre del Greco, and connects out to The Satanic Verses, Italy and World War II.

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Vinony files it under Archaeological sites in Campania, Cities and towns in Campania and Mediterranean port cities and towns in Italy.

Vinony links it to 73 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: comune of Italy
Official name: Torre del Greco
Country: Italy
Located in: Metropolitan City of Naples
Population: 78997
Area: 30.63
Elevation: 43
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Ottaviano
Official website: www.comune.torredelgreco.na.it
Image: Torre del greco porto.jpg
Dialing code: 081
Licence plate code: NA

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twinned administrative body: Montesarchio
category for people born here: Category:Births in Torre del Greco
topic's main category: Category:Torre del Greco
Commons category: Torre del Greco
postal code: 80059
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Torre del Greco
category of associated people: Category:People from Torre del Greco
Commons gallery: Torre del Greco
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview

Torre del Greco ( Italian: [ˈtorre del ˈɡrɛːko]; Neapolitan: Torre d' 'o Grieco; "Greek man's Tower") is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, with a population of c. 85,000 as of 2016. The locals are sometimes called Corallini because of the once plentiful coral in the nearby sea, and because the city has been a major producer of coral jewellery and cameo brooches since the seventeenth century.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Torre del Greco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.