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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Angri
| official_name       = Comune di Angri
| motto               = ''Evviva [[John the Baptist|San Giovanni]]!''
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| coordinates         = {{coord|40|44|N|14|34|E|region:IT_type:city(30975)|display=inline,title}}
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| region              = {{RegioneIT|sigla=CAM}}
| province            = {{ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=SA}} (SA)
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| area_total_km2      = 13.77
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| population_total    = 34126
| population_as_of    = 31 December 2017
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| population_demonym  = Angresi
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| elevation_m         = 25
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| saint               = St. [[John the Baptist]]
| day                 = 24 June
| postal_code         = 84012
| area_code           = 081
| website             = {{official website|http://www.comune.angri.sa.it/}}
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'''Angri''' is a town and ''[[comune]]'' in the [[province of Salerno]], [[Campania]], southern [[Italy]]. It is around {{convert|15|mi|sp=us}} northwest of the town of [[Salerno]].{{sfnp|EB|1878}}
==History==
The [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] general [[Narses]] defeated [[Teias]], the last [[king of the Goths|king]] of the [[Goths]], nearby in AD&nbsp;553.{{sfnp|EB|1878}}
In the 19th century, the city had a population of around 10,000 and its hinterland produced large quantities of [[grape]]s, [[tobacco]], and [[cotton]].{{sfnp|EB|1878}}
Angri was the native town of Gabriele Capone and Teresina Raiola, who emigrated to the [[United States]] and gave birth to [[Al Capone]], a prominent [[gangster]]. Angri was also the hometown of Capone's successor of the [[Chicago Outfit]], [[Frank Nitti]], and of the [[Roman Catholic priest]], Blessed [[Alfonso Maria Fusco]], whose [[calendar of the saints|feast]] is February 6.
==Geography==
Angri is a part of the [[Agro Nocerino Sarnese]], near the Vesuvian area, and together with [[Scafati]] is the extreme part of the [[Salerno Province]]. The communal territory is at the base of the Lattari's mountains in the heart of the Sarno's valley, the most fertile areas of [[Italy]].
===Climate===
The climate is temperate, given the proximity of the sea. Summer is often hot with daytime temperatures in the low to mid 30s Celsius. Heavy downpours are common in winter, often accompanied by moderate winds. Frosts and snow are rare.
==Main sights==
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Sights in the city include the Castle and Doria's palace, the town park (the garden of the palace).
The churches are: the Collegiate Church of St. John the Baptist, the brotherhood of Santa Margherita, the church of Santa Maria of Constantinople, the former Grange of the Certosa di San Giacomo di Capri Pizzauto, the church of Santissima Annunziata with the museum of the Blessed can . Fusco, the Carmelite church, St. Catherine, St. Benedict, the brotherhood of Santa Margherita, the chapel of St. Cosmas and Damian.
==Transport==
Angri is connected to the [[Autostrada A3 (Italy)|Autostrada A3]] motorways.
Angri station is the railway station of the city that allows moving to Naples and Salerno.
==Sport==
The city's main [[association football|football]] team is [[U.S. Angri Calcio 1927 A.S.D.]]
Basketball teams include:
* A.S.D Angri Basket
* Polisportiva A. Negro Angri basket
* Polisportiva S.C.A. Basket 2009
==References==
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==Sources==
* {{citation |contribution=[[s:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Angri|Angri]] |title=Encyclopædia Britannica|edition=9th|volume=II|editor-last=Baynes |editor-first=Thomas Spencer |display-editors=0 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |location=New York |date=1878 |ref={{harvid|EB|1878}} |page=46 }}.
*[[Istituto Nazionale di Statistica]]. [http://dawinci.istat.it/daWinci/jsp/dwDownload.jsp?tav=home 2001 Census Data] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929065941/http://dawinci.istat.it/daWinci/jsp/dwDownload.jsp?tav=home |date=2010-09-29 }}. {{in lang|it}}
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== Bibliography ==
=== Publications ===
* {{Cite book |last=Gennaro Orlando |title=Storia di Nocera de' Pagani |year=1866 |location=Naples (NA) |language=IT |trans-title=History of Nocera de' Pagani}}
* {{Cite book |last=Michele De' Santi |title=Memorie Storiche delle Famiglie Nocerine |location=Naples (NA) |language=IT |trans-title=Historical Memoirs of the Nocerine Families}}
* {{Cite book |last=Vincenzo Pastore |title=Angri dalla preistoria ai nostri giorni |year=1980 |location=Cava De' Tirreni (SA) |language=IT |trans-title=Angri from prehistory to the present day}}
* {{Cite book |last=Gian Guido Turchi |title=A Napoli centocinquant'anni fa. Terza fu la Bayard in I Treni oggi |others=nr. 89 |year=1989 |editor-last=Edizioni ETR |location=Salò (BS) |language=IT |trans-title=In Naples one hundred and fifty years ago. Third was Bayard in Trains Today}}
* {{Cite book |last=Gennaro Zurolo |title=Regesto del documento d'Archivio del XV secolo. Atto di fondazione del Convento e Chiesa della SS. Annunziata di Angri |year=2004 |location=Angri (SA) |language=IT |trans-title=Summary of the 15th century archive document. Deed of foundation of the Convent and Church of the SS. Annunziata of Angri}}
* {{Cite book |last=Gennaro Zurolo |title=Le Strade di Angri - la toponomastica, i personaggi, le storie |year=2008 |location=Boscoreale (NA) |language=IT |trans-title=The Streets of Angri - the toponymy, the characters, the stories}}
* {{Cite book |last=Gennaro Zurolo |title=Tra fede e storia - arte, miti, leggende della Terra d'Angri |location=Angri (SA) |publication-date=2010 |language=IT |trans-title=Between faith and history - art, myths, legends of the Terra d'Angri}}
* {{Cite book |last=Gennaro Zurolo |title=Il riscatto di Zurolo (26 giugno 1428), Regesto del documento d'Archivio del XV secolo, Diploma Reale di Giovanna II d'Angiò |year=2010 |location=Angri (SA) |language=IT |trans-title=The ransom of Zurolo (26 June 1428), Summary of the 15th century archive document, Royal Diploma of Joan II of Anjou}}
* {{Cite book |last=Gennaro Zurolo |title=Regesto documento d'archivio del XVIII secolo riguardante la Cappella gentilizia della famiglia Pisacane sotto il titolo di S. Maria di Montevergine |year=2013 |location=Angri (SA) |language=IT |trans-title=18th century archive document regarding the noble chapel of the Pisacane family under the title of S. Maria di Montevergine}}
* {{Cite book |last=Gennaro Zurolo |title=Le origini del culto Giovannita, ovvero di San Giovanni Battista nella Terra d'Angri. Tracce templari e gerosolomitane dei Cavalieri di Malta nell'antico territorio angrese |year=2018 |location=Nola (NA) |language=IT |trans-title=The origins of the Giovannita cult, or of Saint John the Baptist in the Land of Angri. Templar and Gerosolomitan traces of the Knights of Malta in the ancient Angrese territory}}
* {{Cite book |last=Gennaro Zurolo |title=Sulle origini di una chiesa angioina nella Terra d'Angri: la SS. Annunziata |year=2019 |location=Nola (NA) |language=IT |trans-title=On the origins of an Angevin church in the Terra d'Angri: the SS. Annunziata}}
=== Books ===
* {{Cite book |last=Lucio Villari |title=Nove minuti che fecero una storia 1839-1989: I centocinquantanni delle Ferrovie Italiane |publisher=Voci della rotaia |year=1989 |editor-last=Ferrovie dello Stato |volume=8/9 |location=Rome (RM) |language=IT |trans-title=Nine minutes that made history 1839-1989: The one hundred and fifty years of the Italian Railways}}
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