Italy #3 089

Pompei

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February 5th 2010
Friday 5.2.210 day 114 Pompei We went to Pompei today not know we accidently walked in the exit but as we were looking for the ticket office we walked out another exit and payed if we had have know we could have see it for free. It was worth the €11 each to get in. It was good to go in winter when there was almost no one there. We got to see the whole site in about 3 hours some of the houses th ... 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