2007-01-04 19:05:13 · 1 answers · asked by camadida 2 in Travel ➔ Italy ➔ Naples
Naples was founded between the 7th and 6th centuries BC by the Greeks and was given the name Neapolis.
The Romans conquered Neaples in the 326 BC
During the period of Roman domination, the town preserved its Greek language and customs. Following the Roman period, the city was dominated by many different groups of people :till 476 AD by the Byzantines then the Lombards, the Normans till 1137, Swabians, Angevins till 1442 , Aragonese til l 1501, Spaniards till 1707, Austrians till 1737 , Bourbons till 1806 ,Napoleon for French in 1806 till 1815 and then again Bourbons fro 1815 till 1860. Finally in the 1860 he became part of Italian Reign. Nowadays one can see the traces of all those rulers in the monuments, in the culture and in the habits of the town. In 1266 the Angevins moved the capital of the Kingdom of Sicily from Palermo to Naples. Sicily soon parted and formed an independent Kingdom of Sicily. After the Congress of Vienna Naples became the capital of the united Kingdom of Two Sicilies. After a long period of decline following the creation of the Italian State over 100 years ago, the city is making strides in recovering its eminence as a center for culture.
2007-01-05 01:31:09 · answer #1 · answered by martox45 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋