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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]
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] Blog: Naples to Sicily
Date: May 24th 2008
Arriving in Naples, we found our hostel hidden up several steep flights of stairs in a building accessed by a nondescript door opening directly off a cobblestone street in the oldest section of the ancient city. Naples was established by the Ancient Greeks as a colony in the 7th Century BC and played a significant role in the Roman Republic's war with Carthage, before becoming a Roman colony duri ... read more
Date: May 24th 2008
Arriving in Naples, we found our hostel hidden up several steep flights of stairs in a building accessed by a nondescript door opening directly off a cobblestone street in the oldest section of the ancient city. Naples was established by the Ancient Greeks as a colony in the 7th Century BC and played a significant role in the Roman Republic's war with Carthage, before becoming a Roman colony duri ... read more
