Pompeii Ruins.

Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii

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January 2nd 2022
Maggie and friends Salma and Diego climbed above the clouds to the top of Mount Vesuvius today. The sun was bright, and the views spectacular! Mount Vesuvius is the only still active volcano (though currently dormant) in Europe. They then traveled to the ruins of Pompeii, which Maggie described as "soooo cool." :-) Today was a "carpe diem" day, she felt, where they really made the most of the time ... 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