Steamy crater

Versuvius

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April 13th 2008
13 April 2008 On a sunny morning we left Sperlonga to continue our journey south to Pompeii. After driving through Naples, we left the autostrata and the van added to its list of ascents by making light work of the drive up the 1,000m to the car park just below the summit of the only active volcano on mainland Europe, Vesuvius. The car park was full but one of the stallholders found us a place ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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