Zoo di Napoli

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Zoo di Napoli
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Zoo di Napoli
Type Zoo
Location Naples, Italy
Coordinates 40°49′26″N14°10′50″E / 40.82389°N 14.18056°E / 40.82389; 14.18056
Area100.000 m2
Created1940
StatusOpen all year

The Zoo di Napoli (English: Naples Zoo) is a zoo in Naples, Campania, southern Italy, created by Franco Cuneo and Angelo Lombardi in 1940 (then closed and opened for a second time in 1949 after the Second World War) over an area of 100,000 square metres (25 acres). [1]

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