Reading about Pompeii...in Pompeii

Sorrento and Pompeii

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September 11th 2007
Ciao from the Amalfi Coast! So after a seriously long day of travel from San Gimignano in Tuscany, Michelle and I made it down south to Sorrento which is just south of Napoli on the Amalfi Coast. We only had a short stop in Napoli (which is a good thing because it is not a nice area) and rode a glorified subway all way out to Sorrento. Seriously...this thing had 31 stops and it took over an h ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania » Sorrento

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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