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Nola
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.
Nola is a city of Campania, Italy, in the province of Naples, pleasurably situated in the plain between Mount Vesuvius and the Apennines. It is served by the local railway from Naples to Baiano, and is 22 miles from Naples by the main line through Cancello. There is a monument that was restored in 1887 to Giordano Bruno, the free-thinker, who was born at Nola in the year 1548.
Nola remained a municipality with its own institutions and the exercise of the Oscan language. It became a Roman colony under Augustus, who died here in 14 AD. The sculptor Giovanni Marliano was a native of the city and some of his works are also preserved in the cathedral.
The more noticeable buildings include the ancient Gothic cathedral, the cavalry barracks, the ex-convent of the Capuchins at a little distance from the city and the seminary in which are conserved the famous Oscan inscription known as the Cippus Abellanus and a few Latin inscriptions relating to a treaty with Nola regarding a joint temple of Hercules. Nola was the birthplace of Luigi Tansillo and Giovanni Merliano, whose work is well symbolized in the cathedral, of the physician Ambrogio Leo, and of the philosopher Nicola Antonio Stigliola.
A city known for its historic myths and traditions, scenic beauty, cooperative people and luxurious hotels and cottages, Nola is one of the favorite holiday destinations for most of the vacation lovers.
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