| Castellammare di Stabia | |
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| — Comune — | |
| Città di Castellammare di Stabia | |
| Castellammare di Stabia with the Gulf of Naples and the Vesuvio. | |
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Castellammare di Stabia
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| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Province | Naples (NA) |
| Frazioni | Fratte, Madonna della Libera, Pioppaino, Ponte Persica, Pozzano, Privati, Quisisana, Scanzano, Varano |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luigi Bobbio |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.71 km2 (6.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Population (30 April 2009) | |
| • Total | 64,836 |
| • Density | 3,661/km2 (9,481.9/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Stabiesi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 80053 |
| Dialing code | 081 |
| Patron saint | Saint Catellus |
| Saint day | January 19 |
| Website | Official website |
Castellammare di Stabia is a comune in the province of Naples, Campania region, southern Italy. It is situated on the Bay of Naples about 30 kilometers southeast of Naples, on the route to Sorrento.
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Castellammare di Stabia lies next to the ancient Roman city of Stabiae, which was destroyed by the Vesuvio eruption in AD 79. The castle the city takes its name from was erected in around the 9th century on a hill commanding the southern side of the Gulf of Naples. It was restored during the reign of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen and enlarged by King Charles I of Anjou.
The comune, previously called Castellamare, assumed the name Castellammare on January 22, 1863, and the current name on May 31, 1912.
The excavation of Roman villas that have been preserved by the Eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 are currently underway.
The local football team, SS Juve Stabia, currently plays in Italian Serie B and is one of the oldest football teams in Italy, having been created in 1907. The "Romeo Menti" stadium where SS Juve Stabia plays is dedicated to Romeo Menti, who played for SS Juve Stabia in 1945 and died in the tragic 1949 Superga air disaster, when a plane crash killed most of the players of Torino FC.
In 2010, Luigi Bobbio, the newly elected Mayor of Castellammare di Stabia, announced that he would ban Miniskirt and "revealing clothes" in his town. Luigi Bobbio's proposal would also ban sunbathing, the wearing of clogs, playing soccer in public places, and blasphemy, in what the mayor says is an attempt to "restore urban decorum and facilitate better civil co-existence".[1]
Castellammare was the hometown of Gabriele Capone, father of Al Capone. Other people born here include:
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