Pompeii 2

Pompeii Visit

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June 21st 2006
Sadly we had to leave our piece of paradise and do some serious sightseeing! We left Minori on Sunday early and headed for Pompeii. It was about 1 ½ hours away on our way to Roma. Pompeii is filled with history. Unfortunately we had chosen one of our hottest days to visit but we lasted long enough to get the general idea of the long history there. Mt Vesuvias must have really blown her top whe ... 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