Naples
Also known as Historic Centre of Naples
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Italy
Inscribed
1995
Area
1,021 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Naples is in Naples. The nearest other World Heritage site is Pompeii and Herculaneum, about 20 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Naples · about 2,250,000 peopleabout 2 km south-west
- Caserta · about 250,000 peopleabout 25 km north
- Salerno · about 954,000 peopleabout 45 km south-east
- Benevento · about 62,000 peopleabout 50 km north-east
- Campobasso · about 51,000 peopleabout 85 km north-east
- Foggia · about 155,000 peopleabout 130 km north-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ItalyCultural22 km away
ItalyCultural37 km away
ItalyCultural106 km away
ItalyCultural171 km away
ItalyCultural173 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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