* >The University of Naples, the first university in Europe dedicated to training secular administrators, * >Naples became part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861

* >The University of Naples, the first university in Europe dedicated to training secular administrators, * >Naples became part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 as part of the Italian unification, ending the era of Bourbon rule. The kingdom of the Two Sicilies had been wealthy, and as many as 443.2 million ducats were taken from the old kingdom's banks as a contribution to the new Italian treasury. * >by 1884, Naples was still the largest city in Italy with 496,499 inhabitants, or roughly 64,000 per square kilometre (more than twice the population density of Paris) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples I had no idea that Naples had been that advanced. Building on that history, they should have a huge potential. Unfortunately, I don't see how they can recreate their strategic advantage the way they do. The Mediterranean Sea was the Internet before the industrial revolution. Naples is an expression of that network effect. Which network can they offer today? Won't they suffer the same problem as India, that they educate programmers who will take the first opportunity to move to Silicon Valley?