Naples

Naples

Capital city of Campania, Italy

Naples is the regional capital of Campania, southern Italy. With a population of 905,050 within the city's administrative limits as of 2026, it is the largest city in southern Italy and the third-largest city in Italy after Rome and Milan, while its province-level municipality is the third most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 2,954,847 residents. Its metropolitan area, the seventh most populous in the European Union, has a population of approximately 4.4 million and stretches beyond the boundaries of the city proper for approximately 30 kilometres. Naples also plays a key role in international diplomacy, being home to NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean.

Also known as...Napoli and Neapolis
Pope visits Italy's 'Land of Fires'

Pope visits Italy's 'Land of Fires' Pope Leo XIV visited Naples to condemn toxic waste dumping and meet with grieving families.