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ComuneinCampania,ItalyPalmaCampania(Neapolitan:Pàrmë),knownuntil1863asPalmadiNola,[4]isacomune(municipality)intheMetropolitanCityofNaplesintheItalianregionCampania,locatedabout25 kmeastofNaples.PalmaCampaniabordersthefollowingmunicipalities:CarbonaradiNola,Domicella,Lauro,Liveri,Nola,Poggiomarino,SanGennaroVesuviano,SanGiuseppeVesuviano,Sarno,Striano,Ottaviano.Thecityisfamousalsoforthe"CarnevalePalmese".History[edit]ArchaeologicalevidenceindicateshumanhabitationoftheareaintheearlyBronzeAge(c...
Comune in Campania, Italy
Palma Campania (Neapolitan: Pàrmë), known until 1863 as Palma di Nola,[4] is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 25 km east of Naples.
Palma Campania borders the following municipalities: Carbonara di Nola, Domicella, Lauro, Liveri, Nola, Poggiomarino, San Gennaro Vesuviano, San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Sarno, Striano, Ottaviano.
The city is famous also for the "Carnevale Palmese".
History[edit]Archaeological evidence indicates human habitation of the area in the early Bronze Age (c. 1850 BCE), but the foundation of the town is more recent. It has been suggested that Palma was founded in the sixth century CE by people taking refuge from the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius; alternatively it may be linked to a Roman consul named Palma who held office at the beginning of the first century CE. The oldest building still standing is the ninth-century church of San Martino, ...