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Vico Equense

Province of Napoli, Region Campania, Italy

A lively tourist resort in the Sorrento Bay, with its Giusso Castle on the coast and the impressive Mount Faito (1400 metres high) just behind the town, Vico allows to visit the mountain and the sea in just a few minutes. It is also the home of the Neapolitan-style pizza and, being in a central position in Campania, allows to reach easily all the famous tourist destinations in the region. The enchanting coast from Punta Orlando to Punta Scutolo is a sequel of beaches with modern bathing facilities.

INFO: * Population: ca. 20,000 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 80069 -- Phone Area Code: 081 -- patron Saint: Saints Ciro and Giovanni celebrated on 31 January
Frazioni & Località: Seiano, Montechiaro Fornacelle, Pacognano, Alberi, Arola, Prezzano, Ticciano, Santa Maria del Castello, Moiano, Monte Faito, Patierno, Massaquano, San Salvatore, Sant'Andrea, Bonea, Pietrapiana

HISTORY: The origins of Vico go back to the 7th century BC when it was founded by the Aequi, a Samnite population. In the 1st century A.D., in his "Punica" Silius Italicus used the term "Aequana" to indicate the area, not far from Sorrento, and the name was still used in the Middle Ages for a place located in the plane, while the village under the mountain was named simply Vicum (village in Latin). Under the Angevins and later the Aragonese a revival began, centered however in Vicus while Aequa started to decline.
Walls were built around Vico and the Bishop's Residence was built at the end of the main road. In the 19th century the new road that goes all along the Sorrento peninsula, as well as the railway, gave impulse to a remarkable development.

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