Sicilian skyline

Approaching Palermo on the overnight ferry from Napoli

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Caserta, Capri and a Volcano called Vesuvius

June 1st 2009
Having failed to find any budget accommmodation in Rome due to the Champions League football final being held there on wednesday night, I ended up taking an intercity train straight through Rome and all the way down to Napoli (Naples) in the south of Italy (saturday 23rd May). Once there I was faced with a twenty minute walk through the winding backstreets of the city centre to my hostel for the w ... 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

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