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ISCHIA:
Ischia is the largest among the islands in the bay of Naples (Ischia, Capri, Procida, Vivara).On the island there aren't superficial water-courses , the hydromineral resources mainly concern plentiful thermomineral sources in existence all over the land. Those particular waters are one of the most important resources of the island, their beneficent characteristics permitted the development of thermal industry and touristic increase of the island. The island shows a compact rounded shape (look at the small map) with a varied morphology. Dominated by the Monte Epomeo (789 mt asl) shows many other reliefs and hills, often separated by valleys and gullies that create a suggestive and sinuous landscape.
The island 's periplus is about 39 km and its coasts are low on the sea -level, to the North, with small sized beaches; and more various to the south , where followed indentention and promontories , bays and little creeks , some of these reached only by the sea way. The conformation of the island originated differents environments : on the northern reliefs there is a luxuriant vegetation, chestnut , holm-oak, oak-tree woods ; on the southern side the low vegetation of the mediterranean maquis cover the slopes and the deep creeks that from the inner side leaning the pine-forests present on the east side into the Ischia and Casamicciola communes toward the sea typical and particular are.

CHRONOLOGY - HISTORY ISCHIA
About 3500 b.c. Human presence documented in Ischia
About 1800 b.c. Human presence documented in Procida
VIIth century b.c. Greek colonization starts (Pithekoussai) until the middle of the same century with Cuma's foundation by the Greeks of Ischia. Cuma become the most important 'flegrea' town.
VIIth century b.c. Partenope or Palepoli settle down on the Pizzofalcone hill.
Vth century b.c. First part: Neapolisbirth
524 b.c. Cuma attacked from the Etruscans of Capua, but they were defeated.
474 b.c. Etruscan attempt to conquest Cuma from the sea. Cuma entersinto an alliance with Syracuse (Gerone), after winning the attackers gives Ischia to the Syracusans that remained thereuntil the end of V century.
421 b.c. Samnites defeated Cuma.
2nd century b.c.(end) Pithekoussai disappearance
1st century b.c. (beginnig) Aenaria probably settle down into the area of the present Ischia
82 b.c. Ischia separates from Naples and goes under the Roman control
29 b.c. Tiberius gives Ischia to Naples changing it with Capri
130-150 Aenaria disappearance
558 After barbarians invasions, Byzantines take again the isle which follows the vicissitudes of Naples.
661-1130 The Duchy of Naples
812-1047 Saracens raids
1134 Ischia's passage under the Norman domination
1194-1265 Swabian domination
1265-1282 Angevin domination. Building ofthe fortification on the islet
1283-1438 Angevins against Aragoneses. Alfonso of Aragon starts his domination with the Avalos family.
1301-1303 A succesions of eruptions, distruction of the medieval centre of Gironda.
1496 (Jun. 6) French vain attack
1501 (Aug. 18) Ischia is declared 'most loyal' from Ferdinando d'Aragona it's annexed to the Crown lands.
1509 (Dec. 27) Francesco d'Avalos marries Vittoria Colonna into the Castello Aragonese
1534-44-52 The Corsair Khair-ed-Din and Dragut raids
1708 Ischia under the Austrian domination
1729 Michelangelo d'Avalos dies: Ischia's rebellion to the feudatories. The isle goes back to the Crown lands.
1734 (Feb. 20) Carlo Ist of Bourbon invades Ischia and Procida.
1806 French people in Ischia: on the 21st and 22nd of June an English attack from the sea continued until the middle of July.
1828 Strong hearthquake
1853 (Jul. 25) Starting of the works to open Ischia's dock.
1854 (Sept. 17) Opening of new dock and of the Bourbonic Way (Casamicciola-Lacco-Forio)
1863 (Jan. 30) Another strong hearthquake felt also in Ventotene.The same event happens in July, 25 1880)
1881 (Mar. 4) Violent hearthquake with epicentre in Casamicciola.
1883 (Jul. 28) Ruinous hearthquake for the island devasted Casamicciola.
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