Capua

Capua is a city and comune in the , in the region of , southern Italy, located on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain.
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  • Type: Town with 18,800 residents
  • Description: Italian comune
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Capua Cathedral and Castello delle Pietre.

Church
is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Capua, , , dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It is the episcopal seat of the Archbishops of Capua. It was given the status of a basilica minor in 1827.

Museum
The Museo Provinciale Campano di Capua is a provincial museum located in Capua, southern Italy. Established in 1870 and inaugurated in 1874, it is housed in the historic Palazzo Antignano.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Maria Capua Vetere and Santa Maria la Fossa.

Town
is a town and comune in the , in the region of , . Although not identical with the ancient Civitas Capuana, the town developed during the medieval period near the site of the . is situated 5 km southeast of Capua.

Village
is a comune in the in the region , located about 30 kilometres northwest of and about 15 kilometres west of . is situated 7 km west of Capua.

Village
is a comune in the in the region , located about 4 kilometres west of . borders the municipalities of , Curti, , , and . is situated 8 km southeast of Capua.

Capua

Latitude
41.108° or 41° 6′ 29″ north
Longitude
14.20972° or 14° 12′ 35″ east
Population
18,800
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IT CPU
Open location code
8FHP4655+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 68580142
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3180601
Wiki­data ID
Q58477
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Capua” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Capua
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Kapue
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Kapye” (historical)
  • Arabic: قبوة
  • Arabic: قَبوَة
  • Arabic: كابوا
  • Armenian: Կապուա
  • Azerbaijani: Kapuya
  • Basque: Capua
  • Belarusian: Капуя
  • Breton: Capua
  • Bulgarian: Капуа
  • Catalan: Càpua
  • Cebuano: Capua
  • Chechen: Капуя
  • Chinese: Capua
  • Chinese: 卡普阿
  • Croatian: Capua
  • Czech: Capua
  • Danish: Capua
  • Dimli (individual language): Capua
  • Dutch: Capua
  • Egyptian Arabic: كابوا
  • Esperanto: Capua
  • Esperanto: Kapuo
  • Esperanto: Kapŭo
  • Estonian: Capua
  • Etruscan: Capeva
  • Finnish: Capua
  • French: Capoue
  • Georgian: კაპუა
  • German: Capua
  • Greek: Κάπουα
  • Hebrew: קפואה
  • Hungarian: Capua
  • Indonesian: Capua
  • Interlingua: Capua
  • Irish: Capua
  • Italian: Capua
  • Japanese: カプア
  • Kazakh: Капуя
  • Korean: 카푸아
  • Kurdish: Capua
  • Ladin: Capua
  • Latin: Capua Nova
  • Lithuanian: Kapuja
  • Lombard: Capua
  • Macedonian: Капуа
  • Malay: Capua
  • Min Nan Chinese: Capua
  • Neapolitan: Capua
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Capua
  • Norwegian: Capua
  • Occitan (post 1500): Càpoa
  • Persian: کاپوآ
  • Piemontese: Capua
  • Polish: Kapua
  • Portuguese: Cápua
  • Romanian: Capua
  • Russian: Капуя
  • Serbian: Капуа
  • Serbo-Croatian: Capua
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kapua
  • Sicilian: Capua
  • Sicilian: Càpua
  • Slovak: Capua
  • Slovenian: Capua
  • Slovenian: Kapua
  • Spanish: Capua
  • Spanish: Cápua
  • Swahili: Capua
  • Swedish: Capua
  • Tagalog: Capua
  • Tatar: Капуя
  • Turkish: Capua
  • Ukrainian: Капуа
  • Ukrainian: Капуя
  • Urdu: کاپوا
  • Uzbek: Capua
  • Venetian: Capua (CE)
  • Venetian: Capua
  • Volapük: Capua
  • Waray (Philippines): Capua
  • Welsh: Capua
  • Wu Chinese: 卡普阿
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