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Campania to Sicily: from the Chin to the Boot and Beyond

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September 12th 2010
For those from the Anglo-Saxon world, if you ever want to find out the fast way whether you're capable of driving on the right-hand side of the road, try starting out on a Naples motorway on Friday night. Carnage! For my first hour and a half in Italy I had cars and motorcycles driving up to my bumper, flashing their lights and honking for their lives until I could find a way of letting them past. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Sicily » Palermo

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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