Forio
Forio | |
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| Comune di Forio | |
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| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Metropolitan city | Naples (NA) |
| Frazioni | Panza |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Francesco Del Deo |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.85 km2 (4.96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Population (1 January 2017)[1] | |
• Total | 17,749 |
| • Density | 1,381/km2 (3,577/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Foriani, Panzesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 80075 |
| Dialing code | 081 |
| Patron saint | Saints Vitus and Leonard |
| Saint day | June 15, November 6 |
| Website | Official website |
Forio (known also as Forio of Ischia) is a town and comune of c. 17,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Naples, southern Italy, situated on the island of Ischia.
Overview
[edit | edit source]Its territory includes the town of Panza, the only frazione of Forio and of the island of Ischia. Panza has always been an independent village since the 16th century when a first governmental organization was introduced on the island. In the 1975 the inhabitants of Panza tried to become an independent comune but the referendum, claimed by the inhabitants of Forio, was denied by the Campania's Regional Government.
There are numerous coastal watchtowers, built from the Middle Ages against Saracen and African pirates raids.
In the 20th century, Ischia inspired at least two well-known English language poets. Ischia was the site where W.H. Auden composed one of his most famous poems, In Praise of Limestone. And the American Poet, Theodore Roethke, dedicated his poem The Storm, to "Forio d'Ischia" as printed in Selected Poems of Theodore Rothke (Library of America, Edwin Hirsch, Ed., 2005, p.113).
See also
[edit | edit source]Twin towns
[edit | edit source]- Italy Brusson, Italy
- Italy Polignano a Mare, Italy
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- File:Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg Forio travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Official website (in Italian)
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