The ampitheatre

Chapter 4 - DAY 22 - Sorrento to Rome

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September 28th 2011
Today we left Sorrento and headed for Rome, the eternal city – very exciting. On the way we stopped at the buried city of Pompeii, we had a guide to take us through this amazing sight. POMPEII Not far out of Napoli we stopped at Pompeii. Pompeii was a thriving Roman city until it was buried under 6 mitres of ash and pumice when Mt Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. It was accidentally rediscovered i ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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