73-505: Boscotrecase ( Italian: [ˌbɔskotre(k)ˈkaːse, -aːze] ; Neapolitan : Vuoscotreccase ; "Three-House Grove") is a town and municipality of 9,790 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Naples in Campania , Italy . Before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, Boscotrecase was home to Roman villas, such as the Villa of Agrippa Postumus . In 1337, three monasteries were founded in
146-734: A in Napoli Naples ieri. Annunciation The Annunciation (from the Latin annuntiatio ; also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the Annunciation of the Lord; Ancient Greek : Ο Ευαγγελισμός της Θεοτόκου ) is, according to the Gospel of Luke , the announcement made by the archangel Gabriel to Mary that she would conceive and bear
219-753: A ; masc. "long", fem. "long"), whereas in Italian it is expressed by a change in the final vowel. These and other morpho-syntactic differences distinguish the Neapolitan language from the Italian language and the Neapolitan accent. Neapolitan has had a significant influence on the intonation of Rioplatense Spanish spoken in Buenos Aires and the surrounding region of Argentina and in the entire country of Uruguay . While there are only five graphic vowels in Neapolitan, phonemically, there are eight. Stressed vowels e and o can be either " closed " or " open " and
292-410: A or an , are presented in the following table: In Neapolitan there are four finite moods: indicative , subjunctive , conditional and imperative , and three non-finite modes: infinitive , gerund and participle . Each mood has an active and a passive form. The only auxiliary verbs used in the active form is (h)avé (Eng. "to have", It. avere ), which contrasts with Italian, in which
365-475: A bronze Unknown Soldier statue was erected in Piazza Annuziatella to honor the dead of World War I . In 1928, under the fascist government , Boscotrecase and Boscoreale were annexed to the municipality of Torre Annunziata . The two town regained their autonomy on 15 March 1946, under the mayor Nicola Ricciardi. In 1935, the chapel of S.S. Addolorata became a parish church, while the elementary school
438-517: A church dedicated to San Gennaro . In the first half of the 1200s, Frederick II of Swabia detached the area from the Barony of Ottaviano, in order to use it as a personal hunting reserve . After Frederick, the area returned to the Barony, but was re-detached in 28 March 1337 by Robert of Anjou , who donated it to three convents , including one dedicated to Santa Maria Maddalena , founded by his wife Sancia of Majorca . Joanna I of Naples later confirmed
511-596: A commissioner. Boscotrecase served as a filming location for Two Cents Worth of Hope , a 1952 movie that won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival . In the firm, the town took the name "Cusano". Many townspeople took part in the film. The Church of the Annunziatella, the former train station, and the country above the town appeared in the film. The frescoes found in the Villa of Agrippa Postumus are exhibited at
584-826: A lava stone quarry. By 15 April, the eruption ended with only 3 dead in Boscotrecase (out of 100 fatalities from the entire eruption). The town carried out another procession of the statue of Sant'Anna to give thanks. A street in Oratorio was named after the Italian VIII Infantry Regiment, who had come to help the population during the eruption. In the years that followed the 1906 eruption, the streets were cleared of lava, and life returned to normal. On 8 November 1913, Cardinal Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco consecrated two churches: San Francesco d'Assisinear Piazza Sant'Anna and San Francesco di Sales. On 16 November 1924,
657-472: A mere difference in Italian pronunciation. Therefore, while pronunciation presents the strongest barrier to comprehension, the grammar of Neapolitan is what sets it apart from Italian. In Neapolitan, for example, the gender and number of a word is expressed by a change in the accented vowel because it no longer distinguishes final unstressed / a / , / e / and / o / (e.g. l uo ngo [ˈlwoŋɡə] , l o nga [ˈloŋɡə] ; Italian lung o , lung
730-515: A mile away) marks that preferred by the latter. The Feast of the Annunciation is usually held on 25 March. It is often translated in the Catholic Church , Anglican and Lutheran liturgical calendars when that date falls during Holy Week or Easter Week or on a Sunday. When the calendar system of Anno Domini was first introduced by Dionysius Exiguus in AD 525, he assigned the beginning of
803-655: A son through a virgin birth and become the mother of Jesus Christ , the Christian Messiah and Son of God , marking the Incarnation . According to Luke 1:26 the Annunciation occurred in the sixth month of Elizabeth 's pregnancy with John the Baptist . Many Christians observe this event with the Feast of the Annunciation on 25 March, an approximation of the northern vernal equinox nine full months before Christmas ,
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#1732876034767876-406: A word beginning with a consonant: "C:" = the initial consonant of the following word is geminated if followed by a vowel. These definite articles are always pronounced distinctly. Before a word beginning with a vowel, l’ or ll’ are used for both masculine and feminine, singular and plural. Although both forms can be found, the ll’ form is by far the most common. In Neapolitan,
949-540: A word or between two vowels: e.g. doje (feminine) or duje (masculine), meaning "two", is pronounced, and often spelled, as roje / ruje ; vedé ("to see") as veré , and often spelled so; also cadé / caré ("to fall") and Madonna / Maronna . Another purported Oscan influence is the historical assimilation of the consonant cluster /nd/ as /nn/ , pronounced [nː] (this is generally reflected in spelling more consistently: munno vs Italian mondo "world"; quanno vs Italian quando "when"), along with
1022-640: Is a Romance language of the Italo-Romance group spoken in Naples and most of continental Southern Italy . It is named after the Kingdom of Naples , which once covered most of the area, and the city of Naples was its capital. On 14 October 2008, a law by the Region of Campania stated that Neapolitan was to be protected. While this article mostly addresses the language group native to much of continental Southern Italy or
1095-635: Is also used to represent the perpetual virginity of Mary via the announcement by the angel Gabriel that Mary would conceive a child to be born the Son of God . Works on the subject have been created by artists such as Sandro Botticelli , Leonardo da Vinci , Caravaggio , Duccio , Henry Ossawa Tanner , Jan van Eyck , and Murillo among others. The mosaics of Pietro Cavallini in Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome (1291),
1168-640: Is celebrated jointly with the Resurrection, which is the focus of Easter. Due to these and similar rules, the rubrics surrounding the celebration of the feast are the most complex of all in Orthodox Christian liturgics. Ephraim the Syrian taught that the date of the conception of Jesus Christ fell on 10 Nisan on the Hebrew calendar , the day in which the passover lamb was selected according to Exodus 12 (Hymn 4 on
1241-587: Is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus : for he shall save his people from their sins. There is a different version contained in the apocryphal Gospel of James , which includes a first appearance of the archangel at the well. Manuscript 4Q246 of the Dead Sea Scrolls reads: [X] shall be great upon the earth. O king, all people shall make peace, and all shall serve him. He shall be called
1314-490: Is only to demonstrate where the stress, or accent, falls in some words. Also, the circumflex is used to mark a long vowel where it would not normally occur (e.g. sî "you are"). The following clusters are always geminated if vowel-following. The Neapolitan classical definite articles (corresponding to the English word "the") are a (feminine singular), o (masculine singular) and i (plural for both). Before
1387-568: Is the beginning of our salvation, And the revelation of the eternal mystery! The Son of God becomes the Son of the Virgin As Gabriel announces the coming of Grace. Together with him let us cry to the Theotokos : "Rejoice, O Full of Grace, the Lord is with you!" As the action initiating the Incarnation of Christ , the Annunciation has such an important place in Orthodox Christian theology that
1460-760: The National Archaeological Museum of Naples and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City . Other objects, found in other excavation areas, are kept in the Museums of the Palace of Portici . Two paintings from 1749 by the Neapolitan painter Nicola Cacciapuoti are kept in the sacristy of the Ave Gratia Plena church. The artist Alberto Chiancone depicted farmhouses, countryside, and landscapes of
1533-538: The Royal Museum of Portici . In 1899, a villa belonging to L. Arelli Successi was unearthed, which contained tombs, Christian lamps , remains of an aqueduct, and a wine cellar. Following the eruption of 79 AD, the area was abandoned for a long time. A thick forest grew, and the area was known as Silva mala ("bad forest"). Around the year 1000, the area was part of the fiefdom of the Baron of Ottaviano , who may have built
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#17328760347671606-755: The United States , Canada , Australia , Brazil , Argentina , Uruguay , Mexico , and Venezuela . However, in the United States, traditional Neapolitan has had considerable contact with English and the Sicilian languages spoken by Sicilian and Calabrian immigrants living alongside Neapolitan-speaking immigrants and so the Neapolitan in the US is now significantly different from the contemporary Neapolitan spoken in Naples . English words are often used in place of Neapolitan words, especially among second-generation speakers . On
1679-560: The frescos of Giotto in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua (1303), Domenico Ghirlandaio 's fresco at the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence (1486), and Donatello 's gilded sculpture at the church of Santa Croce, Florence (1435) are famous examples. Hans Leo Hassler composed a motet Dixit Maria , setting Mary's consent. Johann Sebastian Bach and others composed cantatas for
1752-458: The gender of a noun is not easily determined by the article, so other means must be used. In the case of ’o , which can be either masculine singular or neuter singular (there is no neuter plural in Neapolitan), the initial consonant of the noun is doubled when it is neuter. For example, the name of a language in Neapolitan is always neuter, so if we see ’o nnapulitano we know it refers to
1825-719: The 16th and 17th centuries, the population of Boscotrecase increased and the first districts of Oratorio and Annuziatella were formed. Oratorio takes its name from an oratory dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary . Annuziatella takes its name from a chapel dedicated to the Annunciation , which was run by the Celestines until 1807. Annuziatella became a parish church in 1668, named Ave Gratia Plena. Philip III of Spain ceded Boscotrecase to Marco Antonio Jodice of Genoa, as payment for debts. The Viceroy Count of Lemos then gave
1898-497: The 1980s. In 2010, the new Circumvesuviana train station opened. Boscotrecase borders the following municipalities: Boscoreale , Ercolano , Ottaviano , Terzigno , Torre Annunziata , Torre del Greco , Trecase . Boscotrecase itself is divided into different districts: Boscotrecase lies below Vesuvius National Park . The park is characterized by maritime pines , prickly pears , brooms and numerous types of orchids and epiphyllum which grow among grayish lava stones. Both
1971-559: The 4th century. It has been a favorite artistic subject in both the Christian East and as Roman Catholic Marian art, particularly during the Middle Ages and Renaissance , and figures in the repertoire of almost all of the great masters. The figures of the virgin Mary and the angel Gabriel, being emblematic of purity and grace, were favorite subjects of Roman Catholic Marian art, where the scene
2044-471: The Annunciation took place at Nazareth , but differ slightly as to the precise location. Roman Catholic tradition holds that the Annunciation occurred in Mary's home, while Eastern Orthodox tradition holds that it occurred at the town well, known as Mary's Well . The Basilica of the Annunciation marks the site preferred by the former, while the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation (around half
2117-598: The Nativity). Some years 10 Nisan falls on 25 March, which is the traditional date for the Feast of the Annunciation and is an official holiday in Lebanon . The Annunciation has been one of the most frequent subjects of Christian art . Depictions of the Annunciation go back to early Christianity, with the Priscilla catacomb including the oldest known fresco of the Annunciation, dating to
2190-520: The Neapolitan language, whereas ’o napulitano would refer to a Neapolitan man. Likewise, since ’e can be either masculine or feminine plural, when it is feminine plural, the initial consonant of the noun is doubled. For example, consider ’a lista , which in Neapolitan is feminine singular, meaning "the list". In the plural, it becomes ’e lliste . There can also be problems with nouns whose singular form ends in e . Since plural nouns usually end in e whether masculine or feminine,
2263-532: The angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus . He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Then said Mary unto
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2336-501: The angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who
2409-675: The area to Giovanni Piccolomini . By 1600, the population of Boscotrecase exceeded 7000: the existing parish churches could not accommodate this large population. Citizens pushed the Curia of Naples to build 3 new churches: the Church of Sant' Anna in Oratorio, the Ave Gratia Plena in Annuziatella, and the Church of the Holy Spirit in the Terra Vecchia district. Only the Ave Gratia Plena was independent from
2482-496: The area, which led to the formation of the town. Through the centuries, multiple feudal lords oversaw the town. In the late 19th Century, the town suffered from brigands . Lava flows from Mount Vesuvius almost destroyed the town in 1906. Lying below Vesuvius National Park , it enjoys a view over the entire gulf of Naples . The area above the town has vineyards which produce Lacryma Christi wine. Tourism and artisanal crafts such as stonework and barrel -making also contribute to
2555-401: The artistic processing of lava stone and the artisan production of barrels. Barrel production is experiencing a period of low demand, which has led to the closure of some factories. In the recent past, the tourism sector has become important. There are many restaurants and hotels on the slope of Vesuvius above town. The municipality has been governed by a different officials: either a mayor or
2628-607: The beginning of the English new year until 1752. In the Eastern Orthodox , Eastern Catholic , and Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Feast of the Annunciation is one of the twelve " Great Feasts " of the liturgical year , and is among the eight of them that are counted as "feasts of the Lord". Throughout the Orthodox Church, the feast is celebrated on 25 March. In the churches that use the new style Calendar ( Revised Julian or Gregorian ), this date coincides with 25 March on
2701-505: The civil calendar, while in those churches using the old style Julian calendar , 25 March is reckoned to fall on 7 April on the civil calendar, and will fall on 8 April starting in the year 2100. Greek Independence Day is celebrated on the feast of the Annunciation and 25 March is also a national holiday in the Lebanon. The traditional hymn ( troparion ) for the feast of the Annunciation goes back to Athanasius of Alexandria . It runs: Today
2774-438: The connection unrecognizable to those without knowledge of Neapolitan. The most striking phonological difference is the Neapolitan weakening of unstressed vowels into schwa ( schwa is pronounced like the a in about or the u in upon ). However, it is also possible (and quite common for some Neapolitans) to speak standard Italian with a "Neapolitan accent"; that is, by pronouncing un-stressed vowels as schwa or by pronouncing
2847-639: The development of /mb/ as /mm/ ~ [mː] ( tammuro vs Italian tamburo "drum"), also consistently reflected in spelling. Other effects of the Oscan substratum are postulated, but substratum claims are highly controversial. As in many other languages in the Italian Peninsula , Neapolitan has an adstratum greatly influenced by other Romance languages ( Catalan , Spanish and Franco-Provençal above all), Germanic languages and Greek (both ancient and modern). The language had never been standardised, and
2920-443: The director of Banco di Napoli . They extorted 20,000 ducats (equivalent to 70 kg of gold, or 4 million euros at 2023 prices). Tourism increased in importance in the 19th century. In 1894, Gennaro Matrone designed Strada Matrone, a road that leads to the crater of Vesuvius. The building of the road stimulating opening of numerous hotels, restaurants, and campsites. Townspeople earned their living by taking tourists in carriages on
2993-517: The economy of the town. In Roman times , the entire wooded area took the name of Pagus Felix Suburbanus in honor of Lucius Cornelius Sulla , who was known as Felix. Under Augustus , the area was called Pagus Augustus Felix Suburbanus. The area attracted the construction of vacation villas for Romans. The Villa of Agrippa Postumus is an important archeological site, buried by the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD , discovered in 1903. Agrippa Postumus
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3066-431: The festal Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is always celebrated on the feast, even if it falls on Great and Holy Friday , the day when the crucifixion of Jesus is remembered. The Divine Liturgy is celebrated on Great and Holy Friday only when the latter coincides with the feast of the Annunciation. If the Annunciation falls on Pascha (Easter Sunday) itself, a coincidence which is called Kyriopascha , then it
3139-490: The first part of the prayer Hail Mary . Mary's response to the archangel also forms the second versicle and response of the Angelus prayer. A separate, briefer and different annunciation is that given to Joseph in the Gospel of Matthew : But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which
3212-491: The former Kingdom of Naples, the terms Neapolitan , napulitano or napoletano may also instead refer more narrowly to the specific variety spoken natively in the city of Naples and the immediately surrounding Naples metropolitan area and Campania . Largely due to massive Southern Italian migration in the late 19th century and 20th century, there are also a number of Neapolitan speakers in Italian diaspora communities in
3285-550: The grounds that it appeared in manuscripts of the sermons of Athanasius and Gregory Thaumaturgus but they were subsequently discovered to be spurious. Along with Easter, 25 March was historically used as the New Year's Day in many Christian countries. The holiday was moved to January 1 in France by Charles IX 's 1564 Edict of Roussillon . In England , the feast of the Annunciation came to be known as Lady Day , and Lady Day marked
3358-511: The intransitive and reflexive verbs take èssere for their auxiliary. For example, we have: Aggio AUX .have. 1SG . PRES stato be. PTCP . PAST a in Napule Naples ajere. yesterday Aggio stato a Napule ajere. AUX.have.1SG.PRES be.PTCP.PAST in Naples yesterday I was in Naples yesterday. Sono AUX .be. 1S . PRES stato be. PTCP . PAST
3431-426: The letter j . The following English pronunciation guidelines are based on General American pronunciation, and the values used may not apply to other dialects. (See also: International Phonetic Alphabet chart for English dialects .) All Romance languages are closely related. Although Neapolitan shares a high degree of its vocabulary with Italian, the official language of Italy, differences in pronunciation often make
3504-420: The letter s as [ ʃ ] (like the sh in ship ) instead of / s / (like the s in sea or the ss in pass ) when the letter is in initial position followed by a consonant, but not when it is followed by a dental occlusive / t / or / d / (at least in the purest form of the language) but by otherwise using only entirely standard words and grammatical forms. This is not Neapolitan properly, but rather
3577-465: The main source of income was handicrafts . The slabs that paved the streets of many cities in the Kingdom of Naples came from Vesuvian stone mined in Boscotrecase. This stone was also used for window sills, thresholds, portals and sculptures. Stonemasons from Boscotrecase were in demand throughout the Kingdom. Another important craft was the production of barrels , which continues to this day. Thanks to
3650-406: The masculine plural is often signaled orthographically, that is, by altering the spelling. As an example, consider the word guaglione , which means "boy" or (in the feminine form) "girl": More will be said about these orthographically changing nouns in the section on Neapolitan nouns. A couple of notes about consonant doubling: The Neapolitan indefinite articles, corresponding to the English
3723-453: The matter. The commission decided to re-establish the Angevin boundaries of Silva mala from 1337. The 18th Century was a golden age for Boscotrecase, despite the constant activity of Mount Vesuvius . The population exceeded 10,000 people, while agriculture, industries, and the economy thrived. Most of the fields in the area were cultivated with vineyards and orchards . After agriculture,
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#17328760347673796-407: The municipality of Boscotrecase. The request was approved by Cardinal Innico Caracciolo . Copious donations from the nobles of the town allowed the three parishes to grow and beautify over the years. In 1696, a dispute over land boundaries arose between the three monasteries that owned Silva mala . Giacomo Cantelmo formed a commission; including experts from Santa Chiara, Naples ; to decide
3869-593: The national level to have it recognized as an official minority language of Italy. It is a recognized ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee language with the ISO 639-3 language code of nap . Here is the IPA pronunciation of the Neapolitan spoken in the city of Naples: Neapolitan orthography consists of 22 Latin letters. Much like Italian orthography , it does not contain k, w, x, or y even though these letters might be found in some foreign words; unlike Italian, it does contain
3942-502: The neuter form and a unique plural formation, as well as historical phonological developments, which often obscure the cognacy of lexical items. Its evolution has been similar to that of Italian and other Romance languages from their roots in Vulgar Latin . It may reflect a pre-Latin Oscan substratum , as in the pronunciation of the d sound as an r sound ( rhotacism ) at the beginning of
4015-506: The new year to 25 March since, according to Christian theology, the era of grace began with the Incarnation of Christ . The first certain mentions of the feast are in a canon of the 656 Council of Toledo , where it is described as celebrated throughout the Church. The 692 Council of Constantinople " in Trullo " forbade observance of any festivals during Lent , excepting Sunday and the Annunciation. An earlier origin had been claimed for it on
4088-619: The other hand, the effect of Standard Italian on Neapolitan in Italy has been similar because of the increasing displacement of Neapolitan by Standard Italian in daily speech . Neapolitan is a Romance language and is considered as part of Southern Italo-Romance. There are notable differences among the various dialects, but they are all generally mutually intelligible. Italian and Neapolitan are of variable mutual comprehensibility, depending on affective and linguistic factors. There are notable grammatical differences, such as Neapolitan having nouns in
4161-522: The other towards the Casavitelli district. Residents mostly abandoned Boscotrecase. Some residents formed a long procession and brought the statue of Sant'Anna, the patroness of Bosctrecase, to avert the lava flow. While the Church of Sant'Anna was surrounded by lava, most of Boscotrecase was spared. The flow that aimed at Casavitelli and Annunziatella was diverted by Vallone Izzo , a valley immediately below town. The flow that aimed at Oratorio stopped at
4234-409: The powerful families in the Vesuvian area. Numerous palaces in the neoclassical style were built along the main streets of the town, including Palazzo Collaro, Palazzo Monticelli, and Villa Rota. On 3 February 1807, Joseph Bonaparte , king of Naples, suppressed all non-mendicant religious orders, which caused the Celestines to abandon the Church of the Annunziatella. In 1810, the Terra Vecchia district
4307-470: The pronunciation is different for the two. The grave accent ( à , è , ò ) is used to denote open vowels, and the acute accent ( é , í , ó , ú ) is used to denote closed vowels, with alternative ì and ù . However, accent marks are not commonly used in the actual spelling of words except when they occur on the final syllable of a word, such as Totò , arrivà , or pecché , and when they appear here in other positions, it
4380-502: The road partway up the volcano. Other people offered to carry tourists on sedan chairs all the way to the summit. After a decade of quiescence, Vesuvius restarted activity at the end of March 1906. On the morning of 6 April, Vesuvius had an explosive eruption which opened several lava vents with 300-metre (1,000 ft)-tall fountains of lava . Lava started to flow in a 60-metre (200 ft)-wide river towards Boscotrecase, and split into two lava flows : one flowing towards Oratorio,
4453-455: The sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And
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#17328760347674526-414: The son of the Great God, and by his name shall he be hailed as the Son of God, and they shall call him Son of the Most High. It has been suggested that the similarity in content is such that Luke's version may in some way be dependent on the Qumran text. The Annunciation is described in the Quran , Surah Maryam , verses 19:16–26 . Both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches hold that
4599-446: The songs of Pino Daniele and the Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare . The language has no official status within Italy and is not taught in schools. The University of Naples Federico II offers (from 2003) courses in Campanian Dialectology at the faculty of Sociology, whose actual aim is not to teach students to speak the language but to study its history, usage, literature and social role. There are also ongoing legislative attempts at
4672-517: The town in his paintings. There are numerous votive shrines along the streets of the town. Most are present at the door of the houses, on the sides of the balconies, or in the stairways of the doorways. The oldest (and most numerous) are sacred images painted on majolica, the most recent are simple frescoes or high reliefs. Some of these were built in memory of some event: Neapolitan language Neapolitan ( autonym : ('o n)napulitano [(o n)napuliˈtɑːnə] ; Italian : napoletano )
4745-400: The traditional birthday of Jesus. The Annunciation is a key topic in Christian art in general, as well as in Marian art in the Catholic Church , having been especially prominent during the Middle Ages and Renaissance . A work of art depicting the Annunciation is sometimes itself called an Annunciation . The Gospel of Luke recounts the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary: And in
4818-487: The transfer, after her grandfather Robert's death. Because of the three convents, the area became known as Bosci Trium Domorum ("Woods of the Three Houses"), which over time was changed to "Boscotrecase". Between the 14th and 15th Centuries, Raimondo Orsini del Balzo , Count of Nola , built various watchtowers in the area to defend the territory against pirate raids. One of these towers still stands, surviving centuries of eruptions and earthquakes caused by Vesuvius. In
4891-458: The upper part of the town and the park support vineyards . According to ISTAT , as of 31 December 2018, 289 foreign citizens residing in Boscotrecase, corresponding to 2.8% of the population. The most represented nationalities were: As in the past, the main economic activities involve agriculture , wine production , and artisanal food processing . Several wineries produce the well-known Lacryma Christi wine. Other important activities include
4964-413: The wealthy economy, the two parish churches were enlarged and embellished with altars made from polychrome marble and with numerous paintings. The municipality also enlarged the parish church of Sant'Anna. Two confraternities were established, the Confraternity of the Rosary and the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception . In 1774, the Chapel of San Gennaro was built by the Vitelli family , one of
5037-449: The word for tree has three different spellings: arbero , arvero and àvaro . Neapolitan has enjoyed a rich literary, musical and theatrical history (notably Giambattista Basile , Eduardo Scarpetta , his son Eduardo De Filippo , Salvatore Di Giacomo and Totò ). Thanks to this heritage and the musical work of Renato Carosone in the 1950s, Neapolitan is still in use in popular music, even gaining national popularity in
5110-430: Was annexed to the municipality of Torre Annunziata . In that same year, the feudal fief was negated and Joachim Murat took the wooded area away from the three monasteries of Naples, dividing the land and selling it to different families. After the unification of Italy , Boscotrecase was plagued by brigands , led by Antonio Cozzolino who was also known as "Pilone". The brigands attacks the carriage of Marquis Avitabile,
5183-404: Was called barren. For with God nothing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. Various Bible translations also give Gabriel's salutation as a variation on: "Hail, full of grace" ( Luke 1:28 , DRV ). In this variation, commonly used by Roman Catholics, the archangel Gabriel 's greeting to Mary forms
5256-556: Was started the following year. In 1968, the new parish church of S.S. Addolorata was consecrated. In 1972, a new church of San Francesco di Sales in Casavitelli replaced the old one, which collapsed on 21 February 1974 following a storm. In 1973, a new municipal building was inaugurated. In 1990, the Francesca Library in the church of San of San Francesco d'Assisi opened. In 2008, the Strada Matrone reopened after being closed since
5329-494: Was the son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder , daughter of Augustus . Archeological work on the site was interrupted by the 1906 eruption of Vesuvius, which reburied much of the site. The villa contained numerous frescoes of the third Pompeian style . Boscotrecase is home to other Roman archaeological sites. In 1770 and 1774, a number of gold and silver coins and some bronze statues were discovered, which are now kept in
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