Ottaviano
| Ottaviano | |
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| Comune | |
| Metropolitan City of Naples | |
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 Ottaviano
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| Coordinates: 40°51′N 14°29′E / 40.850°N 14.483°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Frazioni | Giacobbi, Iervolini, Furchi, Raggi, San Gennarello, Zabatta, San Leonardo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luca Capasso |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19.8 km2 (7.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
| Population (31 July 2015) | |
| • Total | 23,934 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Ottavianesi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 80044 |
| Dialing code | 081 |
| Patron saint | St. Michael |
| Saint day | 8 May |
Ottaviano is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 20 km east of Naples and is located in the Vesuvian Area. Ottaviano was in Roman times a hamlet of houses within a vast estate (praedium Octaviorum) belonging to the gens Octavia, Augustus's family.
The territory of the country includes most of the crater of Vesuvius. The Medici Castle in Ottaviano houses the headquarters of the National Park of Vesuvius.
Ottaviano suffered significant destruction during the 1944 eruption of neighboring Mount Vesuvius. Now the city is home to the center office of Vesuvius National Park.
Ottaviano was in Roman times a hamlet of houses within a vast estate (praedium Octaviorum) belonging to the gens Octavia, Augustus's family. The territory was the scene of a battle between Lucius Cornelius Sulla and Lucius Cluentius in 90 BC, during the Social War. On the territory of Ottaviano, during the Third Servile War, in 73 BC, Spartacus defeated the force stationed there.
The village (called Octavianum) grew in importance, becoming a municipality. According to some historians, it was here that the Emperor Augustus actually died, his body then being moved to Nola. The remains of the Roman era were buried by successive eruptions of Vesuvius, but the ruins and tombs have been unearthed in excavations in various parts of the country.
In 1085, Pope Gregory VII visited the city and celebrated mass in a church (church of Vaglio) located at the baronial castle (today the Palazzo Mediceo). Several lords and barons held the city in this period. In the 13th century it was in the possession of Thomas Aquinas, the grandfather of Saint Thomas Aquinas. During the Angevin rule of Naples, in 1304, the village was put to fire and sword by Carlo di Lagonessa by order of king Charles II, because of the killing of a regional officer ("superintendent of the woods") and his escort by the brothers John and Roberto de Marrone.
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