View Of Naples

Captured from the Castel Sant'Elmo, you can clearly see one of the two main thoroughfares in the Centro Storico splitting the city in two; the massive green-roofed Basilica di Santa Chiara is on the right, and in the distance is the Centro Direzionale skyline, which is right next to the central train station.

Glorious Neapolitan Chaos

May 13th 2022
Naples was sure living up to its reputation - what I had seen so far was dirty, chaotic and intimidating, particularly leaving the central train station. It has been a while since I have experienced such hustle and bustle - perhaps not since I was in Iran - and it was all a little unsettling. Momentarily, I put a guard up that I hadn ... 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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