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Ottaviano
Sign in to saveOttaviano (; known until 1933 as Ottaiano in Italian) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region of Campania, located about east of Naples and is located in the Vesuvian Area. Ottaviano was in Roman times a hamlet of houses within a vast estate () belonging to the gens Octavia, Augustus' family.
Ottaviano is a town in the Naples area of southern Italy, located in the volcanic region near Mount Vesuvius. It has historical significance dating back to Roman times, when it was part of a large estate owned by the family of the Emperor Augustus.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Ottaviano
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Ottaviano01.jpg
- Italian comune.image_shield
- A shower of Vesuvius ashes over Ottaviano, by Charles Caryl Coleman.
- Italian comune.region
- Campania
- Italian comune.metropolitan_city
- Naples (NA)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Giacobbi, Iervolini, Furchi, Raggi, San Gennarello, Zabatta, San Leonardo
- Italian comune.mayor
- Biagio Simonetti
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 19.8
- Italian comune.population_total
- 23934
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 July 2015
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Ottavianesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 220
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Michael
- Italian comune.day
- 8 May
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 80044
- Italian comune.area_code
- 081
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Ottaviano
- Demonym
- ottavianesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Metropolitan City of Naples
- Population
- 23115
- Area
- 20.02
- Elevation
- 210
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Palma Campania
- Official website
- www.comune.ottaviano.na.it
- Image
- Ottaviano.JPG
- Dialing code
- 081
- Licence plate code
- NA
- Patron saint
- Archangel Michael
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- Commons category
- Ottaviano
- postal code
- 80044
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Ottaviano
- topic's main category
- Category:Ottaviano (comune, Italy)
- P11012
- Johnny Moore
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Ottaviano (; known until 1933 as Ottaiano in Italian) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region of Campania, located about east of Naples and is located in the Vesuvian Area. Ottaviano was in Roman times a hamlet of houses within a vast estate () belonging to the gens Octavia, Augustus' family.
The territory of the municipality includes most of the crater of Mount Vesuvius, and suffered significant destruction during the 1944 eruption. The Medici Castle in Ottaviano houses the headquarters of the Vesuvius National Park.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ottaviano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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