Castel Volturno
Castel Volturno | |
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Comune di Castel Volturno | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 81030 |
Dialing code | 0823 (communal seat), 081 (Villaggio Coppola Pinetamare) |
Patron saint | San Castrese |
Saint day | February 11 |
Website | Official website |
Castel Volturno (Italian pronunciation: [kaˈstɛl volˈturno]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northwest of Naples and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of Caserta on the Volturno river. In 2010 Castel Volturno was inhabited by 25,000 locals and about 18,000 African refugees. Today (2019) there are still about 25,000 people, estimated two-thirds of them are immigrants.[3]
Due to a decision of the Regional Council (Consiglio Regionale della Campania) from 2010, the quarter Villaggio Coppola, which is also the third largest illegally built residential complex in the world, should actually be demolished.[4] Today (2019) it is inhabited by destitute Italian and African squatters.
History
Castel Volturno was a settlement of the
The town decayed after the fall of the
Alfonso V of Naples gave it to his daughter, but, when her husband, Duke Marino of Sessa, rebelled, besieged it and destroyed part of the walls (1460). The following year the king sold it to the city of Capua, which held it until the abolition of feudalism in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1810. In 1812 it became an autonomous commune. In 1860 it was annexed to the newly unified Kingdom of Italy.
Castel Volturno received a boost in its agricultural activities after the nearby lands were dried during the
The beach resorts were expanded after the Second World War into a holiday resort. Holiday guests included members of a nearby US Army base. After an earthquake in 1980 in the Campania region, the Italian government temporarily housed homeless people in the apartments.[5] Then the homeowners left the apartments empty and later leased them to African migrant workers. Since then, the living substance of the seaside resort has decayed continuously. Because of the illegal waste disposal of the Camorra, the beach is often littered with garbage despite regular cleaning. In addition to regular garbage, toxic waste leeching from unregulated landfills in the vicinity, also from the Camorra, has contaminated the beach and forced a near complete prohibition on entering the water in places. [citation needed]
Villaggio Coppola
According to some reports, the Villaggio Coppola beach settlement was illegally built by the Camorra clan of Casalesi in the 1970s.[citation needed] However, a 2017 New York Times article on the project more sympathetically reports: "When Villaggio Coppola was built in the 1960s... the aspiration was of a utopian residential area."[6], and does not mention any involvement of the Camorra in its inception. While the origins of this project have not been well documented, the buildings remain in use to the present day, and can now be seen as a profound ongoing architectural statement, evolving and decaying outside of the influence of normal market forces.
The Villaggio Coppola was used as the principle setting of the 2018 film Dogman, where it serves as an eerie interstitial microcosm and earns a credit for "il Patrocinio Morale", or 'morale guidance'.
African immigration - human trafficking
According to Camorra's opponent
In contrast, claimed a television reportage of
Castel Volturno massacre
The Castel Volturno massacre was a massacre perpetrated by the
The murders sparked violent protests from Castel Volturno's immigrant community the following day,[10] which culminated in the signing of measures launched by the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Defense on combating organized crime and illegal immigration to Caserta. [11]
Main sights
- Castle
- Chapel of San Castrese
- Torre di Patria, a watch tower built in the 15th century
See also
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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- ^ Langer, Annette (2019-08-22). "(German) Menschenhandel in Italien: Wie die nigerianische Mafia Frauen versklavt". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ "(German) Gestrandet zwischen Müll und Mafia: Afrikanische Flüchtlinge in Italien - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Video". Spiegel Online. 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ Altrogge, Gudrun (2010-06-20). "(German) Italienischer Badeort: Mafia, Müll, Migranten". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ Pianigiani, Text by Gaia (17 May 2017). "Forsaken Village on Italy's Coast Tells Tale of a Paradise Lost". The New York Times.
- ^ Langer, Annette (2019-08-22). "(German) Menschenhandel in Italien: Wie die nigerianische Mafia Frauen versklavt". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ Langer, Annette (2019-08-22). "(German) Menschenhandel in Italien: Wie die nigerianische Mafia Frauen versklavt". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ (in Italian)Casalesi, è mattanza: 7 morti. I nomi delle vittime. Minniti e Picierno: servono azioni urgenti contro i clan - casertace, September 18, 2008 (archived from the original on October 20, 2023)
- ^ Strage di camorra, immigrati in rivolta Archived 2008-11-04 at the Wayback Machine - La Stampa, September 19, 2008
- ^ Camorra, arrivano 500 soldati. Stretta sull'immigrazione - La Repubblica, February 28, 2009
External links
- (in Italian) Castel Volturno official website
- (in Italian) Castel Volturno info website