Campania

You have probably eaten pizza, spaghetti with tomato sauce or buffalo mozzarella at some point in your life. If this is the case, then you have already had a taste of Campania because those delicacies originated there.

The name Campania evolved from the names for the area around Capua, first Agro Capuano then Agro Campano. Campania is the second most populated region in Italy, and more than half of its people reside in Naples. Much of Campania has a mountainous terrain with snowfall in the winters. It borders Latium and Molise to the north; Apulia and Basilicata to the east; and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the south and west. The jagged coast forms four gulfs: the Gulf of Gaeta, the Gulf of Naples, the Gulf of Salerno and the Gulf of Policastro. Mount Vesuvius overlooks the Gulf of Naples and is just one of many volcanoes in Campania.

The fertile agricultural grounds in Campania are near the volcanoes and the coastline, so the population is concentrated there. Campania nationally distributes many agricultural products, including tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, peppers, peas, figs, apricots, plums and cherries.

Whether you are looking for an island atmosphere in Ischia and Capri or an archeological wonder in Pompei and Paestum, Campania is surely an area of Italy that you do not want to miss.

Links: http://www.initaly.com/regions/campania/campania.htm
http://www.regione.campania.it