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The Birthplace of Pizza

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July 3rd 2010
For my side trip from Rome, I decided to go to Naples or Napoli as its called by Italians. Ill admit the main reason why I went to Napoli was because it was the birthplace of Pizza and if you wanted pizza, you had to get it in Napoli. I booked myself a cheap train ticket on Trenitalia and slept the entire 3 hour journey to Napoli. My trip to Napoli didn’t start off so well…. When I got off ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania » Naples

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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