Nola
Nola is a southern Italian town with 33 829 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012).
Location and data
Nola is located 35 km northeast of Naples at the foot of Mount Vesuvius and lives mainly on the food industry. The city has connected to the line Salerno- Caserta. Nola is located at the junction of the A16 and the A30, the A30 there is an exit Nola.
History
At the site of the present Nola was in the Bronze Age, a village that was buried in the so-called Avellino eruption of the volcano Vesuvius 1935-1880 BC. The remains well preserved under the volcanic ash were found from 2001 and studied.
During the Second Punic War, the Roman general Marcus Claudius Marcellus fought three attacks of Hannibal in the years 216-214 BC, from Nola on. In Nola died in the year 14 of the first Roman emperor Augustus. In the 4th century the martyrs Felix and Paulinus of Nola worked in the city, the Episcopal seat since the 2nd century (see also: List of bishops of Nola). The cathedral dates from the 15th century. 1548, the philosopher Giordano Bruno was born in Nola. Pompeii was in Roman times the port for Nola.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Octavia Minor (c. 69-11 BC ), daughter of Gaius Octavius and Atia of, wife of Marcus Antonius
- Giovanni Domenico da Nola ( 1510/20-1592 ), composer and poet
- Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), Italian philosopher