Casalnuovo di Napoli

History

The town rises on the ruins of Archora, one of the villages from which the city of Afragola originated. At the beginning of the 15th century the village was acquired by the baron Giovanni III de Alexandro, belonging to the House D'Alessandro, who lived between Terra di Lavoro and Naples. This baron was also known as the Grand Chamberlain of Calabria (1415) and Marshal of the Kingdom and then he was the Counsellor of Queen Giovanna II. In 1484, Angiolo Como was granted the ruins of the village by Ferdinando II of Aragon, and on these ruins he built a new place, which was recognized as one of the houses of the diocese of Naples with the name of Casalnuovo, since it formerly constituted a farmhouse of Naples. With the urban reform of Gioacchino Murat, the farmhouses of Casalnuovo and Salice, together with the farmhouse of Arcopinto (which today is divided into three municipalities) and the farmhouse of Afragola, merged into the commune of Afragola. The municipal territory of Casalnuovo was enlarged by Royal Decree of 25 February 1929, n. 316[2], with the consolidation of the then municipality of Licignano di Napoli, and the addition of parts of the territory belonging to the municipalities of Afragola and Pomigliano d'Arco. During the administrative redesign wanted by fascism, Licignano, after having been part of different municipalities, became a small fraction of Casalnuovo di Napoli. In the 1950s, due to the divestiture of some territories of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, the hamlets of Tavernanova and Casarea were added to the municipality of Casalnuovo, while the area called Botteghelle, between Casalnuovo and Tavernanova, continued to be part of the municipality of Afragola until the 1970s. In the late 1990s, the municipality of Casalnuovo obtained an additional…

Geography

As a municipality born from different town, Casalnuovo di Napoli is split in neighborhoods and districts: * Casalnuovo: Botteghelle, Casalnuovo (old town), Saggese and Capo Mazzo * Licignano: la Pigna, Licignano (old town) and Talona * Tavernanova: Salice, Tavernanova, Tufarelli and Canonica * Casarea

Most-observed species

• Yellow-legged Gull

  Larus michahellis J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves
  1,161
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  1,072
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  676
• Italian Sparrow

  Passer italiae (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  631
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  583
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  503
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  480
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  438

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2026-05-21
  2 km E of Procida, Italy
• M 6 — 2026-03-09
  16 km SSE of Sant'Angelo, Italy
• M 4.7 — 2026-02-21
  5 km WSW of Licinella-Torre di Paestum, Italy
• M 4.1 — 2025-11-18
  16 km ESE of Ventotene, Italy
• M 4.4 — 2025-10-25
  3 km WNW of Summonte, Italy
• M 4 — 2025-10-24
  0 km SSE of Torrioni, Italy