Nativity Scene in church of new jesus

Napoli and Pompeii

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December 12th 2005
Napoli and Pompeii December 12, 2005 Hi everyone! The Italians ability to organize things last minute is amazing. I found out I was going to Naples on Thursday night, and on Friday night found out I was leaving at five in the morning. I went with a church group that was going to see the “precipe”(nativity scenes). It was a four hour bus ride from Irsina to Naples, but I spent most of ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more