Campania is a region of southern Italy bordered by Lazio to the northwest, Abruzzi and Molise to the north, Puglia to the northeast and Basilicata to the east. The Tyrrhenian Sea lies to the southwest and west and the small Flegrean Islands and Capri are also part of the Campania region.The name derives from Latin, as the Romans knew the region as Campania felix ("fortunate countryside"), a name that is shared by the French province of Champagne.
The seaside is one of the biggest lures to visitors of the Campania region.
The Amalfi Coast presents a series of mountainside towns that seem to tumble into the sea. Also, not far from Naples are some of the most beautiful islands in the world: Ischia, Capri and Procida.
German writer Goethe visited Campania and Naples in 1786 and was amazed by the beauty of it. Archaeological excavations in Pompeii were initiated by King Charles III of Naples in 1748. He issued the first modern laws in Europe to protect, defend and preserve archaeological sites. Pop artist Andy Warhol created two famous paintings of Irpinia Earthquake of 1980: Fate Presto and Vesuvius. Both originals are hosted in the exhibit Terraes Mortus in King's Palace of Caserta.
The Academy Award-winning actress Sophia Loren grew up in the town of Pozzuoli near Naples. The famous cinema producer Dino De Laurentiis (grandfather of Food Network star Giada De Laurentis) was born in Torre Annunziata.
The Italian world famous music composer Rossini lived many years in Naples, where he wrote numerous compositions.
Italian poet and writer Giacomo Leopardi established his home in Naples and Torre del Greco lived there at the end of his young brief life. It was there that hhe wrote the Ode to the Ginestra flower.
Well known and deservers its place in the history of music it is the music genre called neapolitan song. Famous worldwide are O sole mio (a.k.a. "It's Now or Never"), Funniculì Funniculà, O Surdato nnamurato, Torna a Surriento, Santa Lucia, Reginella. Famous titles are hundreds. Neapolitan songs are thousands.
In the beginning of the 20th century Naples was the capital of Cinema in Italy, before than Rome and then Milan.The world renowned opera singer Enrico Caruso was also a native of Naples. Campania is a wonderful place to get married, particulary its world-famous coastline "Amalfi Coast".
Your Italian wedding in Campania region will be unforgettable!