San Giovanni a Teduccio

San Giovanni a Teduccio is 30th out of the 30 districts ( Quarters ) of the southern Italian port city of Naples. He is by the sea and belongs to the eastern outskirts of Naples.

The district of San Giovanni a Teduccio together with the districts of Barra and Ponticelli an administrative unit, the Municipalità VI of Naples.

Geography and demography

San Giovanni a Teduccios eastern boundary is also the boundary of the city of Naples. Both limits there to the neighboring communities of Portici and San Giorgio a Cremano. It also borders the boroughs of Zona Industriale and Barra.

San Giovanni a Teduccio is 2.35 square kilometers and in 2009 had 23,735 inhabitants.

Notable places and buildings

There are some churches and public buildings, including a police building that was built during the fascist period and in its style. Furthermore, there are beaches and ports, as well as active, abandoned and dilapidated industrial plants already. However, are largely dominated simple urban apartment buildings. A little known is the house with the nickname Bronx, since drug trafficking was operated and is perhaps still operated. The district is crossed by the road Corso San Giovanni. A larger park in the district is the Parco Massimo Troisi. Should also be mentioned the 19th-century Villa Vittoria.

• San Giovanni a Teduccio

Bronx from the inside

A beach view in the direction of Naples

Chiesa San Giovanni a Teduccio a

Chiesa see Maria del Carmine

Problems

San Giovanni a Teduccio was traditionally a working-class neighborhood, but now that unemployment became a major problem. As in other districts, the Camorra is present.

Footnotes

• Area of ​​Naples