Ponza from Topside Restaurant on the SeaDream

The Island of Ponza

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June 8th 2005
Ponza is one of 5 Pontine islands scattered across the Gulf of Gaeta. They are all volcanic in origin and only one besides Ponza is inhabited. They were virtually unknown until the flood of tourists swept down on the Bay of Naples and people came to Ponza to avoid the crowds at Capri. The town was small and very quaint. We enjoyed it because it was less commercialized than some of the other ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania » Amalfi

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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