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Funiculì, Funiculà
"Funiculì, Funiculà" is a Neapolitan song composed in 1880 by Luigi Denza in his home town of Castellammare di Stabia, with words by the journalist Peppino Turco. It celebrated the opening that year of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius, and it was Turco who prompted Denza to write it, perhaps as a joke.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Funiculì, Funiculà. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/funiculi-funicula
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- “Funiculì, Funiculà.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/funiculi-funicula. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Funiculì, Funiculà.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/funiculi-funicula.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Funiculì, Funiculà’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/funiculi-funicula (Accessed: ).
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