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Neto

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May 5th 2008
5 May 2008 We awoke to another sunny day and to prawn fishermen busy in the waves off our beach. We first drove to the south east corner of Sicily, as far south as we shall travel. It’s took 5 weeks and 2,850 miles to get there. We then headed north and the start of our trip home. Our first port of call was Neto. One of a number of towns in this area which were destroyed in a major earth ... 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