Castellammare di Stabia

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = CastellammarediStabia.gif

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|image_caption=Castellammare di Stabia with the Gulf of Naples and the Vesuvio.
official_name = Comune di Castellammare di Stabia
region = Campania
province = Naples (NA)
elevation_m = 6
area_total_km2 = 17
mapx=40.7
mapy=14.48
population_as_of = december 31, 2004
population_total = 66413
population_density_km2 = 3097
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|40|42|N|14|29|E
frazioni = Fratte, Madonna della Libera, Pioppaino, Ponte Persica, Pozzano, Privati, Quisisana, Scanzano, Varano
telephone = 081
postalcode = 80050, 80053
gentilic = Stabiesi
saint = Saint Catellus
day = January 19
mayor = Salvatore Vozza (since April 3, 2006)
website = [http://www.comune.castellammare-di-stabia.napoli.it/ www.comune.castellammare-di-stabia.napoli.it]

Castellammare di Stabia is a "comune" in the province of Naples, Campania region, southern Italy. It is situated on the Bay of Naples about 30 kilometers southeast of Naples, on the route to Sorrento.

History

Castellammare di Stabia lies next to the ancient Roman city of Stabiae, which was destroyed by the Vesuvio eruption in 79 CE. The castle the city takes its name from was erected in around the 9th century on a hill commanding the southern side of the Gulf of Naples. It was restored during the reign of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen and enlarged by King Charles I of Anjou.

The comune, previously called "Castellamare", assumed the name "Castellammare" on January 22, 1863, and the current name on May 31, 1912.

port

The local football team, SS Juve Stabia, currently plays in Italian Serie C1 and is one of the oldest football teams in Italy, having been created in 1907.The "Romeo Menti" stadium where SS Juve Stabia plays is dedicated to Romeo Menti, who played for SS Juve Stabia in 1945 and died in the tragic 1949 Superga air disaster, when a plane crash killed most of the players of Torino FC.

Notable people

Castellammare was the hometown of Gabriele Capone, father of Al Capone. Other people born here include:

*Mario Merola, Neapolitan singer
*Luigi Denza, author of the famous song "Funiculì, Funiculà".
*Gennaro Iezzo, soccer goalkeeper.
*Luigi Vitale, soccer midfielder.
*Fabio Quagliarella, soccer striker.
*John Serry, Sr. (1915-2003), American musician, composer, arranger and educator. Born as Giovanni Serrapica, his parents were raised in Castellamare di Stabia and Gragnano.
*Romeo A. Serrapica (1921-1995), American commercial artist, photo illustrator, Cooper Union alumnus. Parents born and raised in Castellammare di Stabia and Gragnano. Younger brother of John Serry, Sr.
*Raffaele Viviani (1888-1950), author, playwright, actor and musician

ee also

*Stabiae

External links

* [http://www.worldphototour.org/italy/campania/castellammare_di_stabia/index.asp Castellammare di Stabia photos]