[167] There are furthermore various forms of music popular in Naples but not well known outside it, such as cantautore ("singer-songwriter") and sceneggiata, which has been described as a musical soap opera; the most well-known exponent of this style is Mario Merola.[168]. Cannavaro was captain of Italy's national team until 2010, and led the team to victory in the 2006 World Cup. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 27 min, while 56.% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. [161] Giuliani, who was actually from Apulia but lived and worked in Naples, is widely considered to be one of the greatest guitar players and composers of the 19th century, along with his Catalan contemporary Fernando Sor. Naples was greatly respected by the Romans as a paragon of Hellenistic culture. [20] In the sixth century BC the city was refounded as Neápolis (Νεάπολις), eventually becoming one of the foremost cities of Magna Graecia. Spaghetti is also associated with the city and is commonly eaten with the sauce ragù: a popular Neapolitan folkloric symbol is the comic figure Pulcinella eating a plate of spaghetti. The city is situated on the Gulf of Naples, on the western coast of southern Italy; it rises from sea level to an elevation of 450 metres (1,480 ft). The thirty quarters (quartieri) of Naples are listed below. Naples is also the home of limoncello, a popular lemon liqueur. Napoli, two-time Italian champions who play football at the San Paolo Stadium in the southwest of the city, in the Fuorigrotta quarter. The Naples National Archaeological Museum is one of the city's main museums, with one of the most extensive collections of artefacts of the Roman Empire in the world. Piscinola-Marianella The city also has teams in a variety of other sports: Eldo Napoli represents the city in basketball's Serie A and plays in the city of Bagnoli. Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast are situated south of the city, while the Roman ruins of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae, which were destroyed in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, are also visible nearby. Vicaria [87][88] The climate and fertility of the Gulf of Naples made the region famous during Roman times, when emperors such as Claudius and Tiberius holidayed near the city. In 2010, the restaurant underwent extensive renovations spearheaded by Gino Pizzi. The most notable transformations made were the construction of Via Caracciolo in place of the beach along the promenade, the creation of Galleria Umberto I and Galleria Principe and the construction of Corso Umberto. [17] The earliest Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the first millennium BC. ", Fraternity cities on Sarajevo Official Web Site, The hunchback's tailor: Giovanni Giolitti and liberal Italy from the challenge of mass politics to the rise of fascism, 1882–1922, City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto, Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale, Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568–774 A.D.), Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries, Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naples&oldid=980802358, Communes of the Metropolitan City of Naples, Mediterranean port cities and towns in Italy, Populated places established in the 7th century BC, Articles containing Ancient Greek-language text, Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference, Articles with dead external links from October 2016, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Italian-language text, Articles containing Neapolitan-language text, Pages using infobox settlement with possible demonym list, Articles lacking reliable references from September 2015, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2019, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2012, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Articles with failed verification from September 2019, Cleanup tagged articles with a reason field from June 2013, Wikipedia pages needing cleanup from June 2013, Articles needing additional references from June 2013, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2015, Articles with Italian-language sources (it), Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz area identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Chaney, Edward (2000).