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Rome to Ancona and the Boat to Greece

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September 9th 2016
Carlo, our driver is back. Today we travel thru the Apennine Mountains from west Italy to the east where we catch the boat to Greece - 24 hours on the boat, our coach goes with us on the boat. These mountains run from north to south down the middle of Italy. The earthquakes here in the mountains are caused by the tectonic plates moving away from each other. When villages get destroyed in these qua ... 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