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Acerra
Italy, officially the Italian Republic or Repubblica Italiana, is a Southern European country comprising of the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. It is shaped like a boot and for this reason Italians commonly call it lo Stivale, the boot or, due to its prevalent peninsular geographical nature, la Penisola, the Peninsula.
Acerra is a municipality of Campania, Italy, in the province of Naples, about 20 kilometers northeast of the provincial capital in Naples. Acerra is one of the most ancient cities of the region, probably founded by the Osci with the name of Akeru. It was the first Roman city that was granted the status of civitas sine suffragio. Acerra has been in the spotlight recently in regards to the growing problem of the disposal and treatment of industrial and urban waste in the area. Acerra, Nano, and Marigliano had been identified as the three points of the so called Triangle of Death in which illegal waste management by criminal organizations have resulted in environmental conditions endangering the health of the region's people.
In October 2000, the Italian Parliament approved the findings of a commission which studied activities in Campania by the Camorra group, which had been profitting from illegal waste management activities. The scientific journal, The Lancet Oncology published in 2004 a study by the Italian researcher Alfredo Mazza, a physiologist at the Italian CNR, the Centro Nazionale per la Ricerca. This study revealed the terrbile situation in the countryside of Campania and the negative impact on the people's health. He demonstrated that the deaths by cancer are much higher than average in that region with respect the European average.
Acerra is one of Italy’s most popular destinations, and is well known for the quantity of cultural related attractions and monuments that the city has embraced. A city known for its historic myths and traditions, scenic beauty, cooperative people and luxurious hotels and cottages, Acerra is one of the favorite holiday destinations for most of the vacation lovers.
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