Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya zama babban birnin Duchy na Naples (661<unk>1139), sannan na Masarautar Naples (1282<unk>1816), kuma a ƙarshe na Sicilies biyu har zuwa haɗin Italiya a 1861. Hakanan ana ɗaukar Naples a matsayin babban birnin Baroque, wanda ya fara da aikin mai zane Caravaggio a ƙarni na 17, da juyin juya halin fasaha da ya yi wahayi zuwa. Hakanan ya kasance muhimmiyar cibiyar ɗan adam da wayewa. Birnin ya daɗe yana da mahimmancin tunani na duniya don kiɗan gargajiya da opera ta hanyar Makarantar Neapolitan. Tsakanin 1925 da 1936, gwamnatin Benito Mussolini ta faɗaɗa Naples kuma ta inganta ta. A ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na II, ya sha wahala sosai daga harin bom na Allied
Kamar yadda suka mamaye tsibirin. Birnin ya sami babban aikin sake ginawa bayan 1945.