Sylvania (AFS 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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' ' --guna' on The third largest city in ltaly is our homeuport. lts history is as diverse and extensive as its reputation. With almost one-and-a-half million inhabitants, this is the city of Vesuvius,-of Capri and Sorrento,-of rodents,-of effervescent people who sing when they are happy, sad, or in love Ca primary time consumerJ,-- of Pizza and Peroni,-of Humpty-Dumpty and Commissary Mary, - of the port where SYLVANIA ties her mooring lines. Founded by Greek colonists during the seventh century B.C., the city derives itsname from the original community name NeopoIis ,C'neo - new, polls - cityl. It grew and prospered, and emerged as a center of Greek culture, even after the Roman invasion of the fourth century B.C. The great harbor area, dominated by the majestic Mount Vesuvio, became a favorite resort place for Roman aristocracy, and most of the more powerful statesmen built summer villas here. The fantasies of Pompeii and -Herculaneum are well known to all schoolboys long before they thinktof joining the Navy and ever having the opportunity to visit them. ' . A Naples was captured by the Byzantines in the sixth century A.D., following the fall of the Roman Empire, and later existed independently as the Duchy of Naples C763- 1139l. Then, with the Norman conquest, the state went to Roger ll who incorporated it into his Kingdom of Sicily. In 1266, the new dynasty of Charles I lost Sicily, and trans- ferred his capital to Naples. Four prominent buildings speak of this period of history. Castel DelI'0vo CCastle of the Eggl was erected on the rocky islet off the main promenade by William the Conquerer in 1128. Dominating the port area is the thirteenth century Castel Nuovo iNew Castlel, with its richly sculptured Renaissance triumphal arch. Castel Sant'Elmo has overlooked the city from its central hill since the fourteenth century. Across from it is the Royal Palace of Capodimonte, housing the National Library. One of the more historic cities in Southern ltaly is a suburb of Naples called Pozzuoli. It is claimed that far more Christians met their fate in the arena here than in the Coliseum of Rome. Still standing over the ancient cobblestones is the original arch Saint Paul walked through when he entered the city to preach. It was nearhere that the oracle Sybil prophesied from her cave. And the historic interest, intertused with the volcanic action of sulpher springs -and boiling mud pots, inspired Dante's description

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