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Campi and Flegrei
The mountainous interior is fragmented into several massifs, rarely reaching 2, 000 metres ( Miltetto of 2, 050 m ), whereas close to the coast there are volcanic massifs: Vesuvio ( 1, 277 m ) and Campi Flegrei.
The area of Phlegraean Fields ( Campi Flegrei ) near Naples, is a collapse caldera, namely a volcanic area formed by several volcanic edifices, which includes the Solfatara volcano well known for its spectacular fumaroles.
More recently, between 1968 and 1972, the Campi Flegrei area suffered an episode of positive bradyseism and rose by 1. 7 metres.
Solfatara is a shallow volcanic crater at Pozzuoli, near Naples, part of the Campi Flegrei volcanic area.
The roughly trapezoidal island is formed by a complex volcano immediately SW of the Campi Flegrei area at the western side of the Bay of Naples.
* Campi Flegrei, a huge caldera containing the western area of Naples, erupted in 1528, generating the small tuff cone named Monte Nuovo ( new mountain ).
A cache of plaster casts of Hellenistic sculpture has been found in a cellar room of the Baths of Sosandra at Baiae and is now on display in the Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei at Baiae.
The Phlegraean Fields, also known as Campi Flegrei, ( from Greek φλέγος, burning ), is a large wide caldera situated to the west of Naples, Italy.
At present, the Campi Flegrei area comprises the Naples districts of Agnano and Fuorigrotta, the area of Pozzuoli, Bacoli, Monte di Procida, Quarto, the Phlegrean Islands ( Ischia, Procida and Vivara ).
While most Campi Flegrei wines are blends, varietal wines can be made from individual varieties provided the variety used comprises at least 90 % of the blend and the wine is fermented to at least 12 % alcohol for reds and 11 % for whites.
Red Campi Flegrei is a blend of 50-70 % Piedirosso, 10-30 % Aglianico and / or Sciascinoso and up to 10 % of other local ( both red and white ) grape varieties.
* Patrick Moore used to cite Campi Flegrei as an example of why the impact craters on the Moon must be of volcanic origin, which was thought to be the case until the 1960s.
This article has been completed with material from: it: Campi Flegrei, Wikipedia in Italian and: es: Campos Flegreos, Wikipedia in Spanish.
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