The main street

Nora

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May 15th 2011
15 May 2011 In the morning we visited Nora, a Phoenician, Carthagian and Roman settlement sited on a peninsular in the south west of the island which flourished for over 1,000 years. Part of the town has submerged due to the incursion of the sea. It wasn’t particularly impressive, particularly as some refurbishment works were going on, but there were some nice mosaics. We stayed at a coas ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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