Forio
Ischia is the largest island in the bay of Naples and is considered by many to be the most beautiful, though Capri is considerably more famous. It is volcanic in origin and still classed as an active volcano, but it has not erupted since 1302.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Town with 17,600 residents
- Description: Italian comune
- Also known as: “Forio d’Ischia”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Basilica di Santa Maria di Loreto and San Gaetano.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Panza and Ischia.
Panza
Village
Panza is a small town of 7,000 inhabitants on the island of Ischia, Italy. Panza is situated 3½ km south of Forio.
Sant’Angelo
Sant’Angelo is an old fishing village on the island…Forio
- Categories: comune of Italy and locality
- Location: Forio, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.73684° or 40° 44′ 13″ north
Longitude
13.85814° or 13° 51′ 29″ east
Population
17,600
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IT FRD
Open location code
8FGMPVP5+P7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Forio” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فوريو”
- Aragonese: “Forio”
- Armenian: “Ֆորիո”
- Basque: “Forio”
- Belarusian: “Форыа”
- Breton: “Forio”
- Bulgarian: “Форио”
- Catalan: “Forio”
- Cebuano: “Forio”
- Chechen: “Форио”
- Chinese: “福里奥”
- Czech: “Forio”
- Dutch: “Forio”
- Esperanto: “Forio”
- French: “Forio”
- German: “Forio”
- Greek: “Φόριο”
- Hebrew: “פוריו”
- Hungarian: “Forio”
- Indonesian: “Forio”
- Interlingua: “Forio”
- Irish: “Forio”
- Italian: “Forio”
- Japanese: “フォリーオ”
- Kazakh: “Форио”
- Korean: “포리오”
- Kurdish: “Forio”
- Ladin: “Forio”
- Latin: “Forigium”
- Latin: “Forium”
- Lithuanian: “Forijas”
- Lithuanian: “Forijus”
- Lombard: “Forio”
- Malay: “Forio”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Forio”
- Neapolitan: “Forio”
- Neapolitan: “Furio”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forio”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Forio”
- Persian: “فوریو”
- Piemontese: “Forio”
- Polish: “Forio”
- Portuguese: “Forio”
- Romanian: “Forio”
- Russian: “Форио”
- Serbian: “Forio”
- Serbian: “Форио”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Forio, Napoli”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Forio”
- Sicilian: “Furìu”
- Slovenian: “Forio”
- South Azerbaijani: “فوریو”
- Spanish: “Forio”
- Swedish: “Forio”
- Tagalog: “Forio”
- Tatar: “Форио”
- Turkish: “Forio”
- Ukrainian: “Форіо”
- Urdu: “فوریو”
- Uzbek: “Forio”
- Venetian: “Forio”
- Volapük: “Forio”
- Waray (Philippines): “Forio”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Rione Genala and Rione Margherita.
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Highlights: Cinema Delle Vittorie and Parco Sprint.
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