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The history of the island of Procida is as old as time. Of the three largest islands in the Gulf of Naples, Procida is the smallest but it was among the first to be inhabited.
Between the XVI and XVII century BC, the Mycenaean prescelsero as the headquarters for the manufacture of metals and the testimony of their presence is represented by the numerous findings of sull'isolotto Vivara.
Between the eighth seventh century BC, probably lived the Cumani that, centuries later, followed by the Romans.
In the sixth century D.C. Procida was annexed to the territory of Naples under the jurisdiction of the Count of Miseno. Procida underwent numerous Saracen raids: Alaric of the Visigoths, the Vandals of Genserico funestarano coastline bells. The inhabitants of nearby Miseno were then forced to take refuge in Procida and the count annis that all territory within the jurisdiction of such a way that it derived the name Monte di Procida.

Around the tenth century, are counted on the first Benedictines who settled first in the monastery of Santa Margherita Vecchia Marina Chiaiolella. After the Saracen raids, he established the village of Terra Murata, then called Terra Casata: around the XI century, it was built by the Benedictine Fathers of the Abbey of San Michele Arcangelo.

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