Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County,
Rhode Island, United States. It is located 23 miles (37 km) south of
Providence, and 61 miles (98 km) south of Boston. Known as a New England
summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve
Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States
Naval War College, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, and a major United States
Navy training center. A major 18th-century port city, Newport now contains
among the highest number of surviving colonial buildings of any city
