Licola, Italy
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| Frazione | |
Licola station building
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 Licola
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| Coordinates: 40°52′12.1″N 14°3′37.7″E / 40.870028°N 14.060472°ECoordinates: 40°52′12.1″N 14°3′37.7″E / 40.870028°N 14.060472°E | |
| Country |
 Italy
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| Region |
 Campania
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| Province | Naples (NA) |
| Comune |
Pozzuoli Giugliano in Campania |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,000 |
| Demonym(s) | Licolensi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 80078, 80014 |
| Dialing code | (+39) 081 |
| Patron saint | St. Procolo |
| Saint day | 16 November |
Licola is an area in the province of Naples which takes its name from Lago dei Follicoli, a lake which formerly occupied most of the area. The current population of Licola ranges between 4,000 and 5,000. Licola is a strip of land facing the sea, and is roughly three kilometers by ten kilometers in size. It begins at the foot of Mount Cuma and ends in Marina di Varcaturo.
The Licola area is divided between two municipalities. In particular, the southern part is divided between the villages Licola Center (also known as Licola Village) and Licola Lido (also known as Lido di Licola) of the municipality (or comune) of Pozzuoli, bordering the Arco Felice section of the municipality. The northern part, Licola Mare, is part of the hamlet of Varcaturo, which is a section of the municipality of Giugliano, part of the constituency of Licola-Lago Patria. The town revolves around Piazza San Massimo, which is the oldest square in the town.
The town of Licola, together with the neighboring towns of Lago Patria and Varcaturo, comprise the territory formerly inhabited by the Osci in the 5th to 4th century BC. The Osci founded many cities in Campania, including Liternum, the remains of which are located just north of Licola. This town experienced a remarkable development, especially during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.
The first reference to Liternum dates from Roman times: the historian Livy wrote that in 194 BC thirty Roman families set up a colony there. Later many additional colonies were added and in the 2nd century Liternum was already among the most prosperous prefectures of the "fertile countryside" of Campania (Latin: Campania felix). The archaeological remains of the forum, temple, church and theater of Liternum are preserved from this period.
Liternum was also one of the four oldest cities in Campania in which Christianity was introduced and widely practiced, in the 1st and 2nd century AD.
In the 1930s and 1940s, the ONC (Opera Nazionale Combattenti, ‘National Soldiers Works’, a welfare agency formed by the fascist regime) directed a large agricultural business in Licola. With the start of World War II, this business ceased activity and was subsequently dismantled.
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