Close up of Alexander the Great
Notice, this and all the mosaics are made of tesserae (small mosaic tiles). This particular mosaic, was made of around a million of this.
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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 establi... [read more]
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 establi... [read more] Blog: Naples
Date: May 18th 2008
As mentioned before, I caught a train to Naples at 7:45 am Sunday. What I have not mentioned yet, is that the majority of the people I have happened to ask for directions or information of some sort speak very little or no English. So, initially when arriving to my hostel, it took me 30 minutes to find it...and it was only 100 meters away from where I got off the metro. This was because I assumed ... read more
Date: May 18th 2008
As mentioned before, I caught a train to Naples at 7:45 am Sunday. What I have not mentioned yet, is that the majority of the people I have happened to ask for directions or information of some sort speak very little or no English. So, initially when arriving to my hostel, it took me 30 minutes to find it...and it was only 100 meters away from where I got off the metro. This was because I assumed ... read more
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