Frattamaggiore
Template:Refimprove Template:Infobox Italian comune Frattamaggiore (locally also known as Fratta) is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy. It is located Template:Convert north of Naples and Template:Convert southwest of Caserta. It was awarded the title of "City of art" in 2008 and named Benedictine city in 1997.
It is located in the Naples hinterland.Template:Clarify It is bordered by the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} of Afragola, Cardito, Crispano, Frattaminore, Grumo Nevano, and Sant'Arpino.
HistoryEdit
The first records of Frattamaggiore date to 921 AD, although the area was probably settled in pre-Roman times. The people of Atella built a watchtower in response to the Vandal invasion of 455 AD, around which refugees from Miseno settled when their town was razed by the Saracens; here they also built a Catholic church in honour of Sossius, now the patron saint of Frattamaggiore.
TransportationEdit
Frattamaggiore is served by:
- Provincial road 162, a freeway that connects the city to the Milano-Napoli freeway;
- a railway station on the Rome–Formia–Naples railway;
- Napoli Afragola railway station on the Rome–Naples high-speed line, Template:Convert from Frattamaggiore;
- several bus lines of the Naples Public Transport Company that connect the city to Naples, Caserta, Afragola, Casoria, Sant'Antimo, Orta di Atella, Frattaminore and other closer cities;
- the Naples International Airport, A104 bis, Template:Convert from Frattamaggiore.
Notable peopleEdit
- Massimo Stanzione (1585 – 1656), painter
- Francesco Durante (1684 – 1755), composer
- Francesco Lodi (born 1984), football player
- Lorenzo Insigne (born 1991), football player
Twin townsEdit
- Template:Flagicon Striano, Italy, since 2006