Vesuvius looms

I have seen many photos of Vesuvius and assumed it was the conical mountain to the left...I was wrong, when you include the slope on the far right you can see how big it was before it erupted and lost 60% of its mass. Pompei was a seaport with a harbour before the eruption. The Mediterranean is now 2km away!

Pompei, Naples, Amalfi Coast and Capri

March 14th 2018
Now in Italy for the last 3 weeks of our winter escape. As our friend Lorraine says, "2 of my best friends are Italian...pasta and vino!" We would add a third friend, pizza! Pompei has always been on Marlene's wish list (having taught about it in geography classes) so we started there with 4 nights in a hotel right by the walls of the old city that was destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 AD. We did ... read more

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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

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