Sorrento's Natural Sea Wall

Sorrento by the Sea

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December 24th 2005
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All! The Yankee Traveling Road Show is off to Rome, leaving behind a beautiful city that we hope to visit again soon. With its natural sea walls of shear rock jutting up to 100 feet above the ocean, and the colorful stone and stucco homes cascading up the mountain side as they seemingly reach to the sky, it’s really a spectacular place to see. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania » Pompei

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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