Marigliano

Marigliano
Comune

Coat of arms
Marigliano
Location of Marigliano in Italy
Coordinates: 40°56′N 14°27′E / 40.933°N 14.450°E / 40.933; 14.450
Country Italy
Region Campania
Metropolitan city Naples (NA)
Frazioni Lausdomini, Casaferro, Miuli, Faibano, Pontecitra, San Nicola
Government
 • Mayor Antonio Carpino
Area
 • Total 22.58 km2 (8.72 sq mi)
Elevation 30 m (100 ft)
Population (30 September 2017)
 • Total 29,915
 • Density 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Mariglianesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 80034
Dialing code 081
Patron saint Saint Sebastian
Saint day 20 January
Website Official website

Marigliano is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, southern Italy.

The town lies 19 km from Naples. Nearby towns include: Acerra, Brusciano, Mariglianella, Nola, San Vitaliano, Scisciano, Somma Vesuviana.

Main sights

  • Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, built around 1000. It was enlarged in the early 18th century by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro. The tuff bell tower, standing at c. 40.3 m, is from 1494. The upper small cupola, covered by yellow maiolica, was destroyed in the 1980 Irpinia earthquake, but has been rebuilt in the same shape but with different materials.
  • Ducal Castle, known from the 12th century. Of the medieval edifice, the square plan with the angular towers remain.
  • Church of the Annunziata with a late-Gothic apse. It houses a polychrome wooden polyptych in the high altar, in turn including a late 15th-century triptych
  • Monastery of St. Vitus

Organised crime

In October 2000, the Italian Parliament approved the findings of a commission which studied Camorra activities in Campania.[1] According to this source, Marigliano is firmly under the control of the Camorra, in particular the group led by Antonio Capasso. This group took advantage of the efforts of law enforcement that eliminated its main enemy, a Camorra group led by the Mazzarella family that was located in Ponte Citra, a district of Marigliano.

Social life and economic activities are strongly influenced by the Camorra. One of the main activities is the illegal treatment of industrial and urban waste in the Marigliano countryside, a large region containing Nola, Acerra, and Marigliano itself, colloquially termed the "Triangle of death".

Health

The scientific journal The Lancet Oncology published a 2004 study by the Italian researcher Alfredo Mazza, a physiologist at the Italian CNR (Centro Nazionale per la Ricerca); this study revealed the terrible situation in the countryside around Marigliano and the negative impact on its people's health. He demonstrated that deaths due to cancer are much higher than average in that region relative to the European average, dubbing it the "Death Triangle".[2]

Twin towns

See also

References

  1. ↑ Doc. XXIII n. 46 Report of the Parliamentary Commission on the Camorra in Campania (24 October 2000) (in Italian)
  2. ↑ Novella de Luca, Maria; del Bello, Giuseppe (2004), "Discariche piene di rifiuti tossici quello è il triangolo della morte", La Repubblica, 31 (in Italian), August 2004


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