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Positano

OK, so the architecture isn't all that bad.
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October 6th 2012
Only the Italians would do it but at what point in history did some toga clad Roman sail past this coast and think, "MMMM, that cliff looks vertical enough, perhaps we should build a town on the front of it". Voila Positano. The concept became infectious enough to cause a plague and scattered along the Amalfi coast is a clutch of similar communities painted against these dramatic cliff faces. It ... read more
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Italian Flag 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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