Cities, then and now

I'm sure Archaic Greeks would never have imagined that cities would transform so much. The modern city in the background with ancient ruins of a once thriving city in the foreground.

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The magnificant ruins of Megara Hyblaea

October 24th 2010
This is my first entry as an official travel blogger! Previous blogs can be viewed on my Blogspot site: After having already visited much of the East Coast of Sicily including Messina, Taormina, Catania, and Siracusa, my friendly guide, and friend, Teo and I decided to head inland to check out the well-known mosaics of the Roman villa located n ... read more

Europe » Italy » Sicily » Augusta

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

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