Parthenope/Neapolis

settlement · 750 BC – 2100 AD

Founded as Parthenope by Greeks in the eighth century B.C., the site eventually gave rise to Neapolis in the sixth century B.C. and was one of the most prominent cities of Magna Graecia. Present-day Naples, Italy.

Coordinates

40.84000, 14.25287

Also known as

Naples (en), Naples (en), Napoli (it), Neapoli (la), Neapoli (la), Neapolis (grc), Parthenope (la), Νεάπολις (grc), Неаполь (ru), 네아폴리스 (ko)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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