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1°) - Naples is a city built in a place type extremely volcanic. - Besides the prophetic " Vesuvius " other volcanic entities that characterize the zone exist. - First between all it is it "Solfatara of Pozzuoli" where possible to observe ample boiling zones that emanate gas to base of sulphur and connected to this phenomenon is, there is the Bradisism that interests the whole coast zone. - The entity of the phenomenon is visible to the Temple Serapeo in proximity of the Bring of Pozzuoli. - Other volcanic zone is the island of Ischia where the Epomeo mountain towers, ancient out considered volcano, but that really it lets feel it existence if it is gone on a beach of Forio of Ischia where you/they can be ascertained rising of warm water that they pour again in sea it own warm waters. - In the times around the year 1950 - 60 that thermal energy was exploited by a thermal centralina that exploited the heat of the sources to heat the Chloride of used Etile as fluid for the operation of a turbine. - The electric energy so produced it served for the electric services of the island of Ischia. - Little know that the principal volcano is not the prophetic Vesuvius but the adjacent mountain, or the Mountain Adds and the Vesuvius is the eruptive mouth. -

2°) - The dangerousness of the " Vesuvius " doesn't consist in his/her lava castings mainly, but the greatest damages to the populations are caused by the gases that they escape from the principal eruptive mouth. - These gases, composed of the sulphur, is heavier than the air for which go down to valley without any notice for the underlying inhabitants which, invested by the gases first and from the ashes and lapilli after, petrified witness remain as the rests in Pompeii and Ercolano they show. -

3°) - speaking of the " Vesuvius ", is had always the impression that because of the immoderate growth of the built buildings and, therefore the increase of the number of the resident to the slopes of the mountain, the risk of duty is raced to ascertain, in case of awakening of this Volcano by now in lethargy from around fifty years, a number around 600.000 victims caused of the impossibility to subtract with the escape for the lack or almost of streets to tall slide that they would allow the leaving of the population. - It will be said after the guilt is of the Vesuvius, but it won't be held account that the man and in this case the Neapolitan, has wanted to challenge the fate and the patience of greater strengths of him, miserable deadly. - And St. Gennaro? - It will pass of degree, little evil; a saint of third category will become

4°) - the coastal area of the Gulf in Naples that is interposed between the hill of the Vomero and Naples city, in general Mergellina, " Posillipo " is called. - The name Posillipo comes down from a villa, but to say villa is a lot of riduttivo, of ownership of a some Geovesio Pollione that in epoch Augustea let her/it erect from the architect Cocceo and gave the name of Pausillipo or place of rest to her from the business. - If is watched out for the actual archaeological excavations, him note that this place is not only a simple villa but a real complete citadel of thermal baths, theater and necessary quant'altro to be defined such. - To complete the picture in his/her whole, the site it is gifted also a Door of access that goes under the name of "Cave of Seiano. - The name Seiano derives from that of emperor Tiberio's minister that decreed the construction of this underground camminamento. - This cave has a length of around 770 meters and it unites the Ball of the Gaiuola to Coroglio that is to the opposite part of the hill. - There is also an additional opening that is leaned out on the Bay of Trentaremi and it served to the Romans builders as taking of additional air. - The legend attributes the construction of this gallery to the magic of Virgilio. - In synthesis, it is said that Virgilio, come in possession of the Book of Salomone, it disclosed the system to the architects and Roman engineers to be able to pierce, to strengthen and to make agibile that gallery. - To complete the picture of the work, is said that the gallery is also accessoriata " ddò " " Munaciello " that for the Neapolitan it is not anything else other than a ghost, ghost that would guard the place and that, sometimes vexed by an anything of incomprehensible to the deadly commune, it would also determine small collapses of the huge structure. -

 5°) - a common and valid motto in other parts of Italy is "The union makes the Strength". - To Naples this is not true, rather it is the contrary one, and precisely: "The union does the Weakness". - If you don't believe it, you try to merge you with a Neapolitan, you will ascertain " de " " visu " thing it happens. -

6°) - to Naples is never necessary to lend nothing. - Note is said that if the loan were a valid and good action, his/her wife would also be lent. - The everything derives, we think, from the fact what the Borbonis, present real surname to Naples and regents of the Kingdom of the two Sicilies, lost the territories and the throne because of a huge loan lavished to the English real house that instead of returning how much received by the Borbonis, he/she thought well about conceiving the unity of Italy through Savoia house. -

 7°) - if a Neapolitan, following one application of yours, it will try of to reassure you with a " ppò " "verimmo ", some that it won't do anything is. - This is one way of his to defile from how much you had asked and that he is not able or he/she doesn't want to do. -

8°) - little know that to Naples appliances can be acquired at 50 o'clock% of their cost? - It is not necessary to approach in a specialized shop, but all it takes is knowing a town or similar dependent. - He will handle the everything; all it takes is telling his type, the brand and to guarantee that you will pay cash. - After you will have commissioned the circle appliance, it won't spend time; in the arc of some time, you will see you deliver to house how much in demand and the everything also equipped of certificate of guarantee. - You will wonder as a thing of the kind but the it is possible everything it is very more simple than thinks. - Your friend, dependent town he has not done anything else other than to approach in a shop of appliances, has chosen what you have required, he has expressed the wish of the acquisition in way rateato, he has introduced the in demand documentation that consists in a fiscal document of identity and the envelope it pays some preceding month received by the corporate body in which lends service and the game he has done. - For correctness, it will also communicate your address as place of delivery that it will sign in full trust granted to the unlucky dealer in advance. - Naturally, to the expirations it won't make some payment and if the things had to go really badly, to the limit they will seize him to the maximum the fifth of the salary, but he doesn't rub why with this I intrigue his/her monthly income it will be worth a lot more than the same miserable town dependent salary. -

9°) - fairies attention and it is better that not fi lets allure from proposals of acquisition of objects or small appliances that, to torn prices you are offered behind Plaza Garibaldi or, to Fork. - You could acquire a beautiful well wrapped brick and of the correct weight. -

10°) - To Naples everything is able each other. - It is the case of the Organized Unemployed person. - Only to Naples they have realized that the Labor unions are worried some working unities that have job only, but they ignore completely what the job has never tasted him or that they have lost him. -