Portici, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
๐ฎ๐น Portici is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy. It is the site of the Portici Royal Palace.
Geography Portici lies at the foot of Mount Vesuvius on the Bay of Naples, about 8ย km (5.0ย mi) south-east of Naples itself. There is a small port. To the south east is Ercolano, formerly Resina, which occupies the site of ancient Herculaneum. San Giorgio a Cremano is another town nearby.
History The city was completely destroyed by the Eruption of Vesuvius in 1631, but was rebuilt. Charles III of Spain, King of Naples and Sicily, built a royal palace in the town between 1738 and 1748. After Garibaldi defeated the Bourbons in 1860, the palace was turned into the Portici botanic gardens and the Royal Higher School of Agriculture. It once contained the antiquities from Herculaneum, which have since been moved to Naples.
Economy The inhabitants were historically engaged in fishing, silk-growing and silk-weaving up to the beginning of the 20th century. Later a more diversified economy emerged, with industry and trade as main pillars.
Vincenzo Cuomo is the mayor. In 2009, he banned shops from displaying Christmas decorations because shopkeepers were subject to extortion to buy Camorra (mob) sold decorations.
In March 2008, Boeing opened a research centre for advanced materials under an agreement with the Italian aerospace company Alenia.
Europe/Rome/Province_of_Naples
Portici has a population of over 53,801 people. Portici also forms one of the centres of the wider Naples Metropolitan City which has a population of over 4,225,000 people. Portici is situated 8 km south-east of Naples.
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๐ต๐น Oliveira de Azemรฉis 40.84
๐บ๐ธ Brookhaven 40.817
๐ฒ๐น St. Paul's Bay 14.402
Locations Near: Portici 14.3333,40.8167
๐ฎ๐น Ercolano 14.353,40.806 d: 2
๐ฎ๐น Naples 14.252,40.84 d: 7.3
๐ฎ๐น Afragola 14.317,40.917 d: 11.2
๐ฎ๐น Torre Annunziata 14.45,40.75 d: 12.3
๐ฎ๐น Giugliano in Campania 14.204,40.929 d: 16.5
๐ฎ๐น Aversa 14.2,40.967 d: 20.1
๐ฎ๐น Caserta 14.327,41.066 d: 27.7
๐ฎ๐น Pozzuoli 14.083,40.833 d: 21.1
Antipodal to: Portici -165.667,-40.817
๐น๐ด Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 17648.6
๐ฆ๐ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 17024.2
๐ผ๐ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16956.8
๐ต๐ซ Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17002.7
๐บ๐ธ Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13194.9
๐บ๐ธ Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13106.4
๐บ๐ธ Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13092.6
๐บ๐ธ Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 13088.1