Clipper Ship

Sorrento, Italy - continued

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May 28th 2012
Monday 28th May, 2012 – Sorrento, Italy Weather this morning was grey and overcast – not cold though.<span> When we woke, there was a huge cruise liner anchored in the harbour.<span> There was also a large 5-masted clipper sailing ship at anchor. We decided to do a “hop-on, hop-off” bus tour of the town and nearby surrounding areas.<span> So we c ... 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